⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 25- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 29-12 off them
- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 30
- A 15-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 25 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q2 10:15 · MEM 43-38 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 5:20 · MEM 77-65 DEN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 25
Q4 9:27 · MEM 110-85 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jerryd Bayless and Nate Robinson
Q4 9:15 · MEM 89-81 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
