⏱️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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 32 from three- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 39
- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 23
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 8:51 · SA 51-49 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 3:22 · SA 90-85 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
OT 1:10 · SA 122-123 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Keldon Johnson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:25 · SA 111-112 MEM
- Turnover
Jakob Poeltl offensive foul
OT 4:17 · SA 112-114 MEM
- Turnover
Jakob Poeltl turnover
OT 4:17 · SA 112-114 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q2 1:46 · SA 59-70 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q4 11:12 · SA 96-101 MEM
- Winner
John Konchar hit a 1-foot layup, Ja Morant with the assist
OT 4:31 · SA 112-114 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:06 · SA 112-112 MEM
- Turnover
Desmond Bane bad pass
OT 0:14 · SA 120-123 MEM
- Missed FT
Ja Morant misses free throw 1 of 2
OT 0:05 · SA 122-123 MEM
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
