⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 26
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 31-15 off them
- Owned the paint, 82 points inside to 24
- A 15-0 run stretched a 55-point lead to 70 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 34-point lead to 46
Q3 10:40 · MEM 84-38 OKC
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 55-point lead to 70
Q4 10:09 · MEM 135-65 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 68-point lead to 78
Q4 6:18 · MEM 145-67 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 63% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 19 | Threes made | 11 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 26 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 41 | Assists | 14 |
| 82 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Steals | 2 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
