⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
+8Q132-25
+7Q232-22
+6Q326-24
-6Q419-23
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- They went cold, three of nineteen from three
- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
Key battles
63%Three-point accuracy16%
10Threes made3
9Fast break points18
17Turnovers10
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 9:32 · MEM 45-35 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
