⏱️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
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 20-6 off them- A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up in the third quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up
Q3 11:40 · MEM 62-50 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Antonio McDyess technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:41 · MEM 41-39 SA
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
