⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their fourteen- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 35
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 9-point lead to 19
Q3 6:39 · MEM 97-78 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:38 · MEM 6-12 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 23 | Threes made | 14 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 34 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
