⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ GS 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 Warriors won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the first 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 5:50 · MEM 35-41 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerryd Bayless technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 5:16 · MEM 73-92 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q1 7:52 · MEM 10-24 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q1 0:42 · MEM 19-35 GS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q3 7:39 · MEM 54-71 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 13 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
