⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 32- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- Steal
C.J. Miles stole it from Mike Conley
Q4 1:54 · CLE 88-95 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving lost ball turnover
Q4 4:26 · CLE 84-91 MEM
- Turnover
Luke Walton bad pass
Q4 1:50 · CLE 88-95 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:22 · CLE 2-8 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q2 0:06 · CLE 51-58 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 5:47 · CLE 63-74 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike Conley lost ball turnover
Q4 4:31 · CLE 84-91 MEM
- Turnover
Mike Conley bad pass
Q4 1:54 · CLE 88-95 MEM
📊The numbers
| CLE | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 30 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
