⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of nineteen from three- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fourteen
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 8 down to 2 up
Q2 5:58 · MEM 36-34 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 3:38 · MEM 79-63 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 9:07 · MEM 81-73 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 15 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
