⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their nine- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 31
- A 15-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 36 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:21 · MEM 10-0 IND
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 36
Q2 1:20 · MEM 84-48 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 28
Q4 10:03 · MEM 111-83 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 21 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 34 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
