⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 34 from three
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 0:10 · MEM 70-69 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 9:41 · MEM 78-72 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 7:54 · MEM 87-74 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Ja Morant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:11 · MEM 22-17 BKN
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dillon Brooks and Kevin Durant
Q2 7:01 · MEM 51-53 BKN
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:28 · MEM 129-122 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 9:12 · MEM 49-51 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Ben Simmons technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:09 · MEM 29-23 BKN
- Turnover
Kevin Durant offensive foul
Q4 3:29 · MEM 124-118 BKN
- Turnover
Kevin Durant turnover
Q4 3:29 · MEM 124-118 BKN
📊The numbers
| MEM | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
