⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their twenty- A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 24-13 off them
- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 17
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q2 8:14 · MEM 44-39 SAC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q3 1:23 · MEM 94-79 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Miller misses technical free throw
Q3 8:49 · MEM 61-62 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q1 3:45 · MEM 22-34 SAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q2 5:47 · MEM 44-51 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
