⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 30
- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:32 · LAL 8-0 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 7:03 · LAL 48-39 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q3 3:05 · LAL 96-79 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 34 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
