⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their sixteen- A 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up in the third quarter
- Made two threes to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 6:52 · LAL 47-41 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luke Walton bad pass
Q4 0:00 · LAL 111-114 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 6:03 · LAL 14-17 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 2:50 · LAL 51-51 MEM
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up
Q3 4:07 · LAL 75-84 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Darko Milicic misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:21 · LAL 103-109 MEM
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry bad pass
Q4 0:37 · LAL 109-111 MEM
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:00 · LAL 111-113 MEM
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 73 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 32 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 11 | Blocks | 7 |
