⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 6:35 · MEM 80-94 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tony Allen technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 3:42 · MEM 80-97 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 8:55 · MEM 51-65 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
