⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kevin Martin and Quincy Pondexter
Q4 10:33 · OKC 74-86 MEM
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kendrick Perkins and Zach Randolph
Q4 2:04 · OKC 90-101 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:48 · OKC 30-27 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 2:36 · OKC 45-56 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 3:59 · OKC 92-105 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Marc Gasol technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 3:25 · OKC 65-75 MEM
📊The numbers
| OKC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
