⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of twelve from three- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 38
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 36
- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 46
A 17-0 run took them from 4 down to 13 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephen Jackson misses technical free throw
Q3 7:52 · GS 64-66 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 4 down to 13 up
Q1 6:50 · GS 13-26 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 24 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
