⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the third 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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 9:09 · MEM 13-4 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q3 6:49 · MEM 82-67 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 3:17 · MEM 97-77 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wayne Selden misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 3:11 · MEM 53-41 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q2 1:00 · MEM 60-56 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Brook Lopez flagrant foul type 1
Q2 3:11 · MEM 53-41 LAL
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 8 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 18 | Steals | 13 |
| 26 | Blocks | 23 |
