⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 20-9 off them- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 11
- A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 in the third quarter
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 11:10 · MEM 10-1 ORL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 4:25 · MEM 66-54 ORL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q3 0:31 · MEM 82-58 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Anderson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:14 · MEM 35-42 ORL
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · MEM 39-43 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
