⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fifteen
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 7:18 · MEM 34-29 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 4:20 · MEM 55-62 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 5:45 · MEM 9-15 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Matt Barnes technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 4:50 · MEM 5-11 LAC
- Technical
Spencer Hawes technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 4:20 · MEM 8-13 LAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
