⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 7:48 · ORL 49-50 MEM
- Go-ahead
Jameer Nelson hit a driving layup, Nikola Vucevic with the assist
Q4 1:59 · ORL 79-78 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- Winner
Zach Randolph hit a 19-foot jumper
Q4 1:39 · ORL 79-80 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nick Calathes double dribble turnover
Q4 3:25 · ORL 77-78 MEM
📊The numbers
| ORL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
