⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their nineteen- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 10
A 21-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 7 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 7:07 · LAL 14-12 MEM
- 21-0 run
A 21-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 7
Q4 5:50 · LAL 119-126 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 2:45 · LAL 47-62 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ja Morant misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:04 · LAL 119-126 MEM
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:25 · LAL 119-127 MEM
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 33 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 10 |
