⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings 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.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 22
Q4 5:18 · SAC 84-106 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Frank Mason III technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:00 · SAC 20-33 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 9:11 · SAC 5-12 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q2 10:42 · SAC 22-46 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q4 11:04 · SAC 69-99 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Marc Gasol technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:27 · SAC 66-93 MEM
📊The numbers
| SAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 2 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Steals | 16 |
| 21 | Blocks | 21 |
