⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eleven- A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 4:43 · MEM 20-10 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q3 4:48 · MEM 71-47 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Quincy Pondexter technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:26 · MEM 79-54 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
