⏱️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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third 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 Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 21-10 off them- Owned the paint, 78 points inside to 46
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 1:47 · MEM 56-48 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 8:53 · MEM 72-57 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q3 1:57 · MEM 93-66 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Zach Randolph technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:03 · MEM 79-62 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Beno Udrih misses technical free throw
Q3 4:03 · MEM 79-62 SAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 78 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
