⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their thirteen- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 9
- Made no threes to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:00 · MEM 12-6 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 1:40 · MEM 70-67 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 6:18 · MEM 86-75 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Allen misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:51 · MEM 88-83 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 0 | Threes made | 9 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 13 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
