⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty
- Won the glass, 65 rebounds to 44
- Ran them off the floor, 36 fast break points to 10
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q2 8:08 · GS 42-29 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 35
Q3 9:04 · GS 75-40 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 34-point lead to 44
Q3 5:31 · GS 88-44 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 3:43 · GS 19-22 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 48-point deficit to 40
Q3 0:03 · GS 95-55 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 27% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 32 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 36 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 13 | Blocks | 7 |
