⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 18-8 off them- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 5
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 10:34 · LAL 48-52 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 2:35 · LAL 85-103 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:18 · LAL 75-93 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 2:08 · LAL 39-52 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 3:15 · LAL 60-77 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q4 5:01 · LAL 77-103 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 13 | Assists | 30 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 14 |
| 12 | Blocks | 4 |
