⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second 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 Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their 31- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 22-8 off them
- A 14-0 run took them from 9 down to 5 up in the second quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4 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 9 down to 5 up
Q2 8:59 · MEM 38-33 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Quincy Pondexter misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:33 · MEM 99-95 NO
- Turnover
Mike Conley bad pass
Q4 1:09 · MEM 105-97 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4
Q3 0:50 · MEM 86-82 NO
- Steal
Jason Smith stole it from Mike Conley
Q4 1:09 · MEM 105-97 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Greivis Vasquez technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:28 · MEM 76-65 NO
- Turnover
Greivis Vasquez turnover
Q4 0:31 · MEM 105-97 NO
📊The numbers
| MEM | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
