⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 32
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 40
- Made six threes 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.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 5:26 · NY 107-107 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Eddie House turnover
Q4 2:16 · NY 107-114 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 10:30 · NY 92-99 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q4 3:45 · NY 107-118 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:28 · NY 107-113 MEM
📊The numbers
| NY | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
