⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their five- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 60
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 15-point deficit to 5
Q2 11:22 · MEM 30-35 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q2 0:49 · MEM 49-70 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Baron Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:34 · MEM 53-72 LAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 5 | Threes made | 16 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 11 | Assists | 24 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
