⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:58 · MEM 11-7 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q3 11:31 · MEM 56-66 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Ja Morant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:18 · MEM 96-110 LAC
- Technical
Ja Morant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:18 · MEM 96-110 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 5:13 · MEM 17-22 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 2:35 · MEM 46-58 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 1:12 · MEM 47-66 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 24 | Assists | 34 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
