⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their ten- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 30-10 off them
- Lost the glass, 27 rebounds to 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Emmanuel Mudiay turnover
Q4 2:42 · DEN 91-94 MEM
- Turnover
Emmanuel Mudiay Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 1:00 · DEN 91-96 MEM
- Turnover
Nikola Jokic bad pass
Q4 0:39 · DEN 91-98 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- Steal
Matt Barnes stole it from Nikola Jokic
Q4 0:39 · DEN 91-98 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses technical free throw
Q2 2:01 · DEN 42-46 MEM
- Missed FT
Matt Barnes misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:39 · DEN 91-98 MEM
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:01 · DEN 96-103 MEM
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
