⏱️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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 in the fourth quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q4 11:00 · MEM 78-60 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Zach Randolph technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 7:18 · MEM 53-50 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 10:22 · MEM 30-28 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 13 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
