⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 24- Made twelve threes to their nineteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 6:20 · MEM 24-18 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 11:03 · MEM 95-87 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q4 8:39 · MEM 105-90 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Taylor Jenkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 12:00 · MEM 86-86 OKC
- Technical
Taylor Jenkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:25 · MEM 120-112 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 3:56 · MEM 28-31 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 1:00 · MEM 86-87 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 19 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 31 | Assists | 25 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
