⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second 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 Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 33- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 46
- Went cold from three, seven of 33
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Desmond Bane bad pass
Q4 4:01 · MEM 109-101 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 29 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
