⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 11 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
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 29-14 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 1:15 · MEM 56-41 LAC
- Steal
Mike Conley stole it from Eric Bledsoe
Q4 0:12 · MEM 92-85 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:24 · MEM 86-78 LAC
- Turnover
Marc Gasol bad pass
Q4 1:05 · MEM 86-81 LAC
- Turnover
O.J. Mayo out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:26 · MEM 90-85 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 2:25 · MEM 86-83 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:45 · MEM 21-16 LAC
- Turnover
Chris Paul out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:33 · MEM 88-83 LAC
- Turnover
Eric Bledsoe lost ball
Q4 0:12 · MEM 92-85 LAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
