⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 8 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 23- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 33
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen
- Went cold from three, four of sixteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 0:25 · MEM 29-22 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Marc Gasol and Blake Griffin
Q4 3:10 · MEM 87-73 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q3 0:49 · MEM 70-64 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 4:09 · MEM 39-31 LAC
- Flagrant
Matt Barnes flagrant foul type 1 (Zach Randolph draws the foul)
Q4 6:01 · MEM 78-71 LAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 14 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 10 |
