⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 22- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 25, and outscored them 23-12 off them
- Won the second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to four
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
- Steal
Rudy Gay stole it from Paul Davis
Q4 0:04 · MEM 89-96 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry bad pass
Q4 0:51 · MEM 84-89 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:26 · MEM 6-12 LAC
- Steal
Paul Davis stole it from Kyle Lowry
Q4 0:51 · MEM 84-89 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dan Dickau bad pass
Q4 1:42 · MEM 82-87 LAC
- Missed FT
Al Thornton misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:50 · MEM 84-90 LAC
- Turnover
Paul Davis lost ball
Q4 0:04 · MEM 89-96 LAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 15 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 16 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
