⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 31 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 11
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 6:43 · GS 73-66 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 1:47 · GS 81-81 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
