⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their twelve
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 1:39 · MEM 30-26 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 1:59 · MEM 53-53 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Bibby technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:55 · MEM 19-21 ATL
📊The numbers
| MEM | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
