⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five- They went cold, five of 23 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 8
- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 39
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q3 2:02 · LAL 73-90 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Roy Hibbert technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:00 · LAL 42-59 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 5:16 · LAL 15-22 MEM
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q2 7:03 · LAL 40-59 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 29
Q4 10:29 · LAL 75-104 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 13 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
