⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 19-10 off them
- A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 4:54 · SAC 42-41 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:07 · SAC 55-72 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up
Q1 0:33 · SAC 20-32 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 9:30 · SAC 49-64 MEM
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22
Q3 0:02 · SAC 71-93 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses technical free throw
Q3 4:07 · SAC 55-72 MEM
📊The numbers
| SAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
