⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of sixteen from three- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 26-8 off them
- Burned in transition, 13 fast break points to 28
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marc Gasol lost ball turnover
Q4 4:22 · MEM 99-91 SAC
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:18 · MEM 108-100 SAC
- Turnover
Mike Conley bad pass
Q4 0:00 · MEM 108-101 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 6:50 · MEM 11-17 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:36 · MEM 27-31 SAC
- Steal
Jason Thompson stole it from Mike Conley
Q4 0:00 · MEM 108-101 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tyreke Evans misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:53 · MEM 101-93 SAC
- Missed FT
Tyreke Evans misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:53 · MEM 101-93 SAC
- Missed FT
DeMarcus Cousins misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · MEM 108-100 SAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
