⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 18-8 off them- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 0
- A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up in the first quarter
- They shot well above their usual, seven of fourteen from three
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up
Q1 5:09 · LAL 29-17 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q3 0:44 · LAL 86-67 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 28 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 3 |
| 13 | Blocks | 10 |
