⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 8
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
- Steal
Tyreke Evans stole it from Jimmy Butler
Q4 0:26 · MEM 93-92 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:32 · MEM 88-86 MIN
- Turnover
Tyreke Evans out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:30 · MEM 93-92 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q4 8:41 · MEM 91-90 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jimmy Butler bad pass
Q4 0:26 · MEM 93-92 MIN
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 8 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Steals | 9 |
| 22 | Blocks | 16 |
