⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 40- Owned the paint, 78 points inside to 46
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 7:38 · MEM 21-14 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 5:03 · MEM 29-16 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Morris Sr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:07 · MEM 64-50 LAC
- Flagrant
Marcus Morris Sr. flagrant foul type 2
Q3 4:22 · MEM 90-68 LAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| 78 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
