⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 31-10 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 1:27 · MEM 24-21 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 6:26 · MEM 15-19 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 15 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
