⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter and never got it back. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 40
A 17-0 run took them from 4 down to 13 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 4 down to 13 up
Q1 10:38 · CHA 17-4 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 3:43 · CHA 39-35 MEM
- Steal
Gerald Henderson stole it from Dante Cunningham
Q4 0:18 · CHA 80-83 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bismack Biyombo lost ball
Q4 3:25 · CHA 73-79 MEM
- Turnover
Byron Mullens step out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:41 · CHA 77-82 MEM
- Technical
Double technical foul - Byron Mullens and Marreese Speights
Q4 0:41 · CHA 77-82 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q1 5:11 · CHA 17-15 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 5:11 · CHA 30-35 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q4 7:20 · CHA 71-79 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:47 · CHA 75-79 MEM
- Missed FT
Dante Cunningham misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:38 · CHA 77-83 MEM
- Turnover
Dante Cunningham bad pass
Q4 0:18 · CHA 80-83 MEM
📊The numbers
| CHA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
