⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 36- A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 11:17 · SAC 8-4 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:31 · SAC 18-11 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 7:55 · SAC 47-33 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2
Q2 5:34 · SAC 50-48 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 0:51 · SAC 75-94 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 11:14 · SAC 77-103 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 11:17 · SAC 0-4 MEM
📊The numbers
| SAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
