⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 44
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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 6:16 · MEM 16-10 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike Conley lost ball
Q4 3:01 · MEM 90-98 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 10:59 · MEM 30-34 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 8:45 · MEM 32-42 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 13 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
