⏱️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
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 43
- Made four threes to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike Conley lost ball turnover
Q4 2:00 · MEM 89-81 DET
- Turnover
Zach Randolph 3 second turnover
Q4 1:07 · MEM 89-84 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 3:33 · MEM 44-43 DET
- Steal
Josh Smith stole it from Mike Conley
Q4 2:00 · MEM 89-81 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Smith technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 2:43 · MEM 86-79 DET
- Turnover
Brandon Jennings steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:55 · MEM 89-84 DET
📊The numbers
| MEM | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 15 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
