⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 13-5 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 8
- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 7:24 · SAC 18-16 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 7:30 · SAC 38-41 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 8:33 · SAC 51-65 MEM
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q3 6:05 · SAC 60-80 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 36
Q4 6:03 · SAC 77-113 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 14 | Assists | 29 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
