⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 25 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
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 42
- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 4
- A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 8:01 · ATL 17-6 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 5:57 · ATL 25-11 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Trae Young technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:11 · ATL 85-109 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q1 0:30 · ATL 34-36 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q3 6:01 · ATL 75-96 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Jonas Valanciunas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:38 · ATL 77-96 MEM
📊The numbers
| ATL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 30 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
