⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 26
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMar DeRozan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:11 · SA 62-68 MEM
- Turnover
Dejounte Murray turnover
Q4 4:29 · SA 105-113 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 4:47 · SA 105-118 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 13 | Threes made | 17 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 34 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
