⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 7:26 · MEM 19-10 NY
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q2 5:48 · MEM 55-37 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marc Gasol offensive foul (Toney Douglas draws the foul)
Q4 0:43 · MEM 115-108 NY
- Turnover
Marc Gasol turnover
Q4 0:43 · MEM 115-108 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 6:05 · MEM 110-95 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
