⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 30- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their nineteen
- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 40
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 25
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Hamed Haddadi technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:47 · MEM 51-40 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q3 0:11 · MEM 80-72 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andrei Kirilenko misses technical free throw
Q1 6:13 · MEM 8-12 UTAH
- Missed FT
C.J. Miles misses technical free throw
Q2 0:47 · MEM 51-40 UTAH
📊The numbers
| MEM | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 33 | Assists | 20 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
