⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 36
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 10:00 · MEM 59-59 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Tony Allen technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 7:43 · MEM 59-59 PHX
- Missed FT
Jerryd Bayless misses technical free throw
Q4 6:24 · MEM 92-82 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eric Bledsoe misses technical free throw
Q3 7:43 · MEM 59-59 PHX
- Technical
Eric Bledsoe technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:28 · MEM 64-63 PHX
- Technical
Goran Dragic technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 6:24 · MEM 92-82 PHX
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
