⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter- Went cold from three, six of 35
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 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.
Raptors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 0:00 · TOR 35-25 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 2:21 · TOR 79-74 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 5:32 · TOR 101-86 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q3 10:24 · TOR 62-59 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 7 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Steals | 19 |
| 20 | Blocks | 23 |
