⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 28-4 off them- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 34
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 5:26 · MEM 69-59 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q4 11:18 · MEM 90-68 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses technical free throw
Q3 0:51 · MEM 77-66 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:17 · MEM 53-54 DET
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 0:51 · MEM 77-66 DET
📊The numbers
| MEM | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 11 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
