⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 41
- Ran them off the floor, 34 fast break points to 16
- A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:40 · MEM 8-0 ORL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 0:01 · MEM 39-29 ORL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q2 4:49 · MEM 60-40 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Ja Morant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:47 · MEM 94-68 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 1 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 34 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
