⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second 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 Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 25-9 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 6
- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to four
- Made two threes to their nine
- They shot well above their usual, nine of sixteen from 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:47 · MEM 99-91 LAC
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:47 · MEM 99-91 LAC
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:46 · MEM 99-91 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kenyon Martin and O.J. Mayo
Q3 0:00 · MEM 75-69 LAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 12 | Assists | 15 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
