⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their twelve- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 36
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 24-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q3 0:22 · MIL 63-72 MEM
- Steal
Earl Boykins stole it from Marc Gasol
Q4 1:57 · MIL 77-84 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 2:16 · MIL 77-89 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rudy Gay offensive foul (Corey Maggette draws the foul)
Q4 3:00 · MIL 77-81 MEM
- Turnover
Rudy Gay turnover
Q4 3:00 · MIL 77-81 MEM
- Turnover
Marc Gasol bad pass
Q4 1:57 · MIL 77-84 MEM
📊The numbers
| MIL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
