⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 33-7 off them- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 36
- A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 33
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up
Q3 3:57 · LAC 72-80 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 7:28 · LAC 82-102 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 2:11 · LAC 93-118 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
