⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 36
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 23-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 8:23 · LAL 13-2 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q2 8:34 · LAL 53-28 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q3 0:05 · LAL 104-76 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:33 · LAL 77-52 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q3 6:13 · LAL 81-67 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q4 9:29 · LAL 104-85 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
