⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 28 from three
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 took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 10:18 · MEM 9-4 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q2 9:07 · MEM 44-23 SA
- Winner
Rudy Gay hit a 27-foot three jumper
Q4 0:01 · MEM 88-85 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rudy Gay lost ball
Q4 1:38 · MEM 84-79 SA
- Turnover
Rudy Gay bad pass
Q4 1:08 · MEM 84-81 SA
- Missed FT
Damon Stoudamire misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · MEM 84-83 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 11:26 · MEM 78-68 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q4 6:37 · MEM 84-83 SA
- Ties it
Manu Ginobili hit a dunk, Tim Duncan with the assist
Q4 0:02 · MEM 85-85 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
