⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 30 from three- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 49
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 1:32 · LAL 32-24 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 10:20 · LAL 100-94 MEM
- Steal
Kent Bazemore stole it from Ja Morant
Q4 0:37 · LAL 115-112 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anthony Davis misses technical free throw
Q3 6:25 · LAL 72-73 MEM
- Turnover
Russell Westbrook out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:56 · LAL 113-108 MEM
- Turnover
Russell Westbrook lost ball turnover
Q4 0:13 · LAL 115-112 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- Steal
Ja Morant stole it from Russell Westbrook
Q4 0:13 · LAL 115-112 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ja Morant bad pass
Q4 0:37 · LAL 115-112 MEM
- Turnover
Steven Adams bad pass
Q4 0:01 · LAL 120-118 MEM
- Missed FT
Ja Morant misses free throw 3 of 3
Q4 0:01 · LAL 119-118 MEM
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 13 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 12 | Blocks | 4 |
