⏱️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
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 46
- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the fourth quarter
- Made eleven threes to their seventeen
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up in the fourth 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
- Winner
Jonas Valanciunas hit a layup, Kyle Anderson with the assist
Q4 1:23 · MEM 111-110 SAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q4 2:53 · MEM 116-110 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ja Morant traveling
Q4 2:26 · MEM 106-110 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up
Q4 10:29 · MEM 91-99 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Justin James out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 2:36 · MEM 106-110 SAC
- Turnover
Buddy Hield out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:36 · MEM 109-110 SAC
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:40 · MEM 114-110 SAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 33 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 9 |
