⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q3 3:03 · MEM 58-67 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 5:52 · MEM 48-67 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 11 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
