⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 35 from three- A 20-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 6 in the third quarter
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the first 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 1:10 · MEM 39-31 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jarell Martin misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:59 · MEM 93-90 CHA
- Missed FT
Jarell Martin misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:59 · MEM 93-90 CHA
- Turnover
Dillon Brooks traveling
Q4 3:22 · MEM 93-94 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 6
Q3 6:16 · MEM 85-79 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist turnover Marc Gasol
Q4 4:16 · MEM 93-92 CHA
- Missed FT
Jeremy Lamb misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:08 · MEM 93-96 CHA
- Missed FT
Jeremy Lamb misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:28 · MEM 96-100 CHA
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 8 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 22 | Blocks | 22 |
