⏱️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
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 9:59 · MEM 14-2 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:47 · MEM 93-86 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q4 3:20 · MEM 96-92 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Darrell Arthur technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 0:52 · MEM 66-65 DEN
- Technical
Brian Shaw technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 4:43 · MEM 89-76 DEN
- Missed FT
Randy Foye misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:38 · MEM 94-86 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
