⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen- Made five threes to their thirteen
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their two
A 14-0 run took them from 9 down to 5 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:11 · SAC 11-2 MEM
- Winner
Francisco Garcia hit a 23-foot three jumper, John Salmons with the assist
Q4 0:07 · SAC 114-113 MEM
- Steal
Brad Miller stole it from Pau Gasol
Q4 0:02 · SAC 116-113 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 9 down to 5 up
Q1 9:03 · SAC 11-16 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q2 5:13 · SAC 45-51 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:18 · SAC 111-113 MEM
- Turnover
Rudy Gay turnover
Q4 0:02 · SAC 114-113 MEM
- Turnover
Pau Gasol bad pass
Q4 0:02 · SAC 116-113 MEM
📊The numbers
| SAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 13 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
