⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their six- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 36
- A 15-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 28 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 cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q3 10:49 · MEM 51-68 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Joakim Noah technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:32 · MEM 84-104 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q2 1:40 · MEM 40-68 LAL
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 28
Q3 7:01 · MEM 56-84 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
JaVale McGee technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:39 · MEM 51-68 LAL
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 16 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
