⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 76 points inside to 22- Made six threes to their seventeen
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 3:11 · MEM 28-15 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dillon Brooks misses technical free throw
Q4 1:00 · MEM 102-93 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q2 9:43 · MEM 37-32 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 8:54 · MEM 91-80 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Will Barton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:00 · MEM 102-93 DEN
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 6 | Threes made | 17 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 32 | Assists | 23 |
| 76 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
