⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 18- A 12-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 26 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 10:41 · MEM 13-4 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 10:49 · MEM 60-57 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mario Chalmers misses technical free throw
Q2 10:51 · MEM 27-22 CLE
- Technical
Tyreke Evans technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:14 · MEM 58-56 CLE
- Technical
Marc Gasol technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:28 · MEM 63-65 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 2:38 · MEM 49-56 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 1:07 · MEM 71-87 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 26
Q4 3:32 · MEM 86-112 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Jordan Clarkson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:30 · MEM 73-87 CLE
📊The numbers
| MEM | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 4 | Assists | 9 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 32 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 21 | Steals | 18 |
| 25 | Blocks | 23 |
