⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
-8Q118-25
-5Q216-22
+4Q331-27
-1Q421-23
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7 in the third quarter
Key battles
8Turnovers16
8Steals4
38%Shooting from the field56%
7Threes made4
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7
Q3 4:16 · SAC 65-72 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q4 6:18 · SAC 84-95 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 30 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
