⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- A 16-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 27 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 38
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 1:15 · MEM 29-21 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q2 4:24 · MEM 55-38 OKC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 27
Q3 0:25 · MEM 89-62 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses technical free throw
Q3 6:41 · MEM 61-45 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Morrow technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:51 · MEM 45-37 OKC
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:41 · MEM 61-45 OKC
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:41 · MEM 61-45 OKC
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 13 | Threes made | 4 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 9 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
