⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of 23 from three- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 39
- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 31
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 22-11 off them
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 2:11 · MEM 26-13 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q3 3:01 · MEM 72-53 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 8:48 · MEM 82-57 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q4 5:39 · MEM 88-75 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 10 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
