⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 48- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to six
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 3:13 · MEM 64-54 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 1:51 · MEM 99-79 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 11:19 · MEM 3-8 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q4 7:20 · MEM 102-94 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 1 | Threes made | 5 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 72 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
