⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 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, 52 points inside to 32
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
- Winner
Mike Conley hit a 24-foot
Q4 2:43 · MEM 91-88 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q4 7:01 · MEM 93-88 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ed Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:56 · MEM 86-88 PHX
- Turnover
Courtney Lee traveling
Q4 4:28 · MEM 86-88 PHX
- Turnover
Zach Randolph bad pass
Q4 3:54 · MEM 86-88 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q4 1:32 · MEM 104-99 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 1 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
