⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 38- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 46
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 4:52 · MEM 30-19 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 2:10 · MEM 96-85 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 5:33 · MEM 113-99 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 7:00 · MEM 51-50 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 8:12 · MEM 104-99 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dejounte Murray technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:24 · MEM 115-103 SA
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 30 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
