⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 24-6 off them- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 0:45 · NY 63-81 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 3:36 · NY 80-103 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
