⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q3 0:02 · MEM 57-70 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 6:11 · MEM 69-81 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Rudy Gay technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:36 · MEM 47-66 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 0:08 · MEM 19-31 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 3:40 · MEM 47-67 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Daniel Green misses technical free throw
Q3 0:41 · MEM 48-67 SA
- Technical
Matt Bonner technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 9:03 · MEM 54-70 SA
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 10 | Assists | 23 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
