⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 13-2 off them
A 14-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 11 in the fourth quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q2 0:49 · MEM 57-46 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q4 8:02 · MEM 91-75 SA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 11
Q4 3:28 · MEM 105-94 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Steals | 1 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
