⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third 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 dragged them back level
Q1 0:28 · MEM 25-25 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 3:21 · MEM 17-25 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 1:37 · MEM 45-51 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 7:01 · MEM 53-69 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
