⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 25-10 off them- Ran them off the floor, 34 fast break points to 18
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 cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q2 1:42 · MEM 47-61 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 4:43 · MEM 17-27 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q2 8:41 · MEM 26-49 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q3 11:14 · MEM 47-70 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 73 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 34 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
