⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- A 18-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 20 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kosta Koufos technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 1:00 · MEM 36-38 LAC
- Flagrant
Jerryd Bayless flagrant foul type 1 (Blake Griffin draws the foul)
Q3 9:25 · MEM 46-42 LAC
- Technical
David Joerger technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 6:35 · MEM 64-82 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q3 4:33 · MEM 51-64 LAC
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 20
Q4 10:34 · MEM 62-82 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
