⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their eighteen
- A 13-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 25 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 9:06 · MEM 67-77 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 16
Q4 3:27 · MEM 79-95 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 9:16 · MEM 27-39 SA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 25
Q4 7:18 · MEM 68-93 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 6 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 16 | Steals | 13 |
| 26 | Blocks | 18 |
