⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, twelve of 37 from three- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 31
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 23-11 off them
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 10:17 · BKN 72-67 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q4 8:51 · BKN 114-98 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:56 · BKN 54-51 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 2:40 · BKN 54-59 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tyus Jones misses technical free throw
Q2 2:56 · BKN 54-51 MEM
📊The numbers
| BKN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 12 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 33 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 0 |
