⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 23-11 off them- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 24
- Made no threes to their seven
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q1 9:48 · MEM 17-2 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 25
Q2 5:35 · MEM 54-29 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 5:58 · MEM 93-72 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Leon Powe technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:33 · MEM 37-23 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q3 0:46 · MEM 76-66 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tyler Hansbrough misses technical free throw
Q2 8:33 · MEM 37-23 IND
- Technical
Danny Granger technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 5:43 · MEM 86-72 IND
📊The numbers
| MEM | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 0 | Threes made | 7 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 11 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
