⏱️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
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 35 from three- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 44
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 11:29 · OKC 29-28 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 5:09 · OKC 48-40 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 1:20 · OKC 107-116 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 7:23 · OKC 9-18 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 1:51 · OKC 21-28 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q3 6:54 · OKC 63-67 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 12 |
| 9 | Blocks | 10 |
