⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of nineteen from three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen
- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 16-7 off them
- Lost the glass, 43 rebounds to 59
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 9:15 · MEM 12-9 DEN
- Steal
Marc Gasol stole it from Darrell Arthur
Q4 2:15 · MEM 82-78 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 2:46 · MEM 89-80 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Mario Chalmers and Jusuf Nurkic
Q4 2:30 · MEM 82-78 DEN
- Missed FT
Tony Allen misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:57 · MEM 86-78 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q3 10:11 · MEM 53-52 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Darrell Arthur bad pass
Q4 2:15 · MEM 82-78 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 14 | Assists | 19 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
