⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 38- A 15-0 run took them from 14 down to 1 up in the fourth quarter
- They shot well above their usual, eleven of sixteen from three
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
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 stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 1:31 · MEM 58-39 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 8:15 · MEM 71-48 LAC
- Go-ahead
Rudy Gay hit a 10-foot two point shot
Q4 0:28 · MEM 98-97 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Marreese Speights and DeAndre Jordan
Q2 10:15 · MEM 38-20 LAC
- Turnover
Marc Gasol lost ball
Q4 1:30 · MEM 96-93 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 13
Q4 7:54 · MEM 95-82 LAC
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 14 down to 1 up
Q4 5:07 · MEM 96-97 LAC
- Go-ahead
Reggie Evans hit a layup, Chris Paul with the assist
Q4 0:50 · MEM 96-97 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:18 · MEM 82-57 LAC
- Technical
Mo Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:37 · MEM 87-64 LAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 69% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
