⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 21-9 off them- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 58
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
- Turnover
Tony Allen lost ball
Q4 2:45 · MEM 77-76 LAC
- Turnover
Zach Randolph lost ball
Q4 1:34 · MEM 79-79 LAC
- Turnover
Marc Gasol bad pass
Q4 0:53 · MEM 79-82 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q4 10:36 · MEM 68-69 LAC
- Ties it
Mo Williams hit a 25-foot three jumper, Blake Griffin with the assist
Q4 1:49 · MEM 79-79 LAC
- Winner
Mo Williams hit a driving layup
Q4 1:31 · MEM 79-81 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Kaman technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:20 · MEM 12-10 LAC
- Turnover
Chris Kaman bad pass
Q4 3:41 · MEM 75-74 LAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 11 | Assists | 14 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
