⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 32
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 7:49 · MEM 17-5 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 0:06 · MEM 37-20 CHA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jonas Valanciunas flagrant foul type 1
Q2 0:10 · MEM 56-45 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marvin Williams misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 0:10 · MEM 56-45 CHA
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
