⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 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 20-9 off them- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 26
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 9:22 · LAL 8-8 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 4:18 · LAL 20-13 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 4:46 · LAL 46-29 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:37 · LAL 0-8 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
