⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of fifteen from three- Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their seventeen
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 19-11 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 in the second 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q2 10:03 · MEM 29-32 TOR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q2 1:50 · MEM 50-55 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Mike Miller and Tyler Hansbrough
Q2 5:00 · MEM 32-41 TOR
- Technical
David Joerger technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 1:31 · MEM 39-52 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 14 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
