⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
- A 18-0 run took them from 3 down to 15 up in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, 24 offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 8:37 · MEM 13-9 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 3 down to 15 up
Q1 6:13 · MEM 19-34 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 24 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 14 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
