⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 23-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q4 9:37 · OKC 86-93 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q3 2:55 · OKC 71-86 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
