⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
+10Q131-22
-1Q225-24
-2Q322-22
-4Q412-14
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their ten- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, 27 turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 24-7 off them
- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 31
Key battles
32%Three-point accuracy11%
7Points off turnovers24
10Fast break points31
27Turnovers9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marreese Speights misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:56 · LAL 82-77 MEM
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 31 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 27 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 18 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
