⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 34 fast break points to 14
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Collins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:01 · MEM 13-21 GS
- Missed FT
Kyle Lowry misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q4 7:35 · MEM 71-99 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:11 · MEM 5-12 GS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Matt Barnes flagrant foul type 1 (Kyle Lowry draws the foul)
Q4 7:35 · MEM 71-99 GS
📊The numbers
| MEM | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 14 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 34 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
