⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 30-17 off them- Could not get to the line, seven free throws to their eighteen
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 48
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
- Steal
Rudy Gay stole it from Andre Miller
Q4 2:54 · MEM 72-68 DEN
- Steal
Mike Conley stole it from Andre Iguodala
Q4 2:14 · MEM 74-68 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 3:46 · MEM 78-68 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Rudy Gay and Danilo Gallinari
Q2 9:49 · MEM 23-17 DEN
- Technical
Hamed Haddadi technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 7:20 · MEM 64-62 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 2:27 · MEM 35-36 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andre Miller bad pass
Q4 2:54 · MEM 72-68 DEN
- Turnover
Andre Iguodala lost ball turnover
Q4 2:14 · MEM 74-68 DEN
- Turnover
Andre Miller out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:47 · MEM 76-68 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 4 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
