⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 22- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to seven
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 9:19 · MEM 41-35 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 6:15 · MEM 77-72 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 11:40 · MEM 59-62 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
