⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 39- Owned the paint, 42 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:51 · MEM 9-5 LAL
- Winner
Zach Randolph hit a 22-foot jumper, Mike Conley with the assist
Q4 1:07 · MEM 90-88 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
O.J. Mayo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:36 · MEM 50-41 LAL
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:21 · MEM 95-93 LAL
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:21 · MEM 95-93 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- Ties it
Derek Fisher hit a 19-foot jumper
Q4 2:11 · MEM 88-88 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 14 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
