⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their seventeen- Burned in transition, 3 fast break points to 15
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 cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 8:07 · MEM 60-64 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Rudy Gay technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:09 · MEM 66-71 LAL
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses technical free throw
Q4 3:35 · MEM 76-87 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 6:18 · MEM 76-89 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
