⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 2-point lead to 10
Q2 1:04 · SA 59-49 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 5:28 · SA 81-63 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 4:35 · SA 114-97 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q3 0:05 · SA 87-83 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses technical free throw
Q1 8:52 · SA 4-5 MEM
- Turnover
Marc Gasol bad pass
Q4 4:13 · SA 104-97 MEM
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 14 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
