⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of 23 from three- Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their fifteen
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 19-5 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 6:28 · SA 88-75 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LaMarcus Aldridge misses technical free throw
Q2 7:56 · SA 42-21 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 17
Q2 3:08 · SA 56-39 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 0:45 · SA 75-70 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Vince Carter technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 7:56 · SA 42-21 MEM
- Technical
JaMychal Green technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 2:42 · SA 70-58 MEM
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 19 |
| 20 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
