⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 19-9 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 14
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 6:03 · MEM 69-57 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach Randolph lost ball
Q4 2:39 · MEM 92-87 SAC
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:49 · MEM 97-94 SAC
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:19 · MEM 98-96 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- Steal
Samuel Dalembert stole it from Zach Randolph
Q4 2:39 · MEM 92-87 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 5:31 · MEM 92-90 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
