⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 25 from three
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 26
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 cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 2:09 · MEM 101-105 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Marc Gasol technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 8:11 · MEM 2-10 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 14 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
