⏱️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 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, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 38- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 19-6 off them
- Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 36
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 1 down to 7 up
Q1 0:32 · SAC 27-20 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 1:50 · SAC 77-89 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
De'Aaron Fox technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:46 · SAC 36-33 MEM
- Technical
Chimezie Metu technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:03 · SAC 54-58 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 7:45 · SAC 58-69 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 6:23 · SAC 60-77 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q4 4:54 · SAC 89-118 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 22 | Assists | 33 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 72 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
