⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 29-12 off them- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 6
- A 16-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 22 in the first 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 6 down to 5 up
Q1 7:49 · MEM 15-10 PHX
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 22
Q1 0:47 · MEM 40-18 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaren Jackson Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:24 · MEM 93-75 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q2 4:19 · MEM 58-39 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 30 | Assists | 28 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
