⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q3 3:21 · MEM 79-53 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q4 10:40 · MEM 89-57 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Antoine Walker technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 5:28 · MEM 40-27 MIN
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 12 | Blocks | 6 |
