⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 35- A 15-0 run stretched a 11-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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 8:20 · MEM 45-53 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:23 · MEM 6-13 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 7:12 · MEM 12-25 SA
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26
Q4 5:26 · MEM 111-137 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Gregg Popovich technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:05 · MEM 64-76 SA
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 67% |
| 15 | Threes made | 15 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 63% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 28 | Assists | 36 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
