⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 32- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 32
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 5:30 · MEM 45-30 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 1:23 · MEM 86-70 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 9:12 · MEM 103-78 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Courtney Lee misses technical free throw
Q3 8:59 · MEM 62-49 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 0:01 · MEM 55-47 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 7:52 · MEM 103-88 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 14 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
