⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 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 ten threes to their two- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 37
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 9:22 · MEM 25-32 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 0:00 · MEM 36-51 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 4:09 · MEM 49-68 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 2 | Threes made | 10 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
