⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of seventeen from three- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen
- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 44
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses technical free throw
Q3 5:22 · MEM 67-62 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 4:01 · MEM 17-23 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Russell Westbrook bad pass
Q4 4:22 · MEM 102-95 OKC
- Missed FT
Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:38 · MEM 114-108 OKC
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 71% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 36 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
