⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13 in the second quarter
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 8:20 · MEM 20-7 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q3 9:57 · MEM 80-51 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaren Jackson Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:27 · MEM 41-22 NO
- Technical
Ja Morant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:29 · MEM 103-71 NO
- Missed FT
Ja Morant misses technical free throw
Q3 0:29 · MEM 103-72 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13
Q2 8:00 · MEM 59-46 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 25
Q4 8:55 · MEM 115-90 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 20
Q4 2:43 · MEM 129-109 NO
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Zion Williamson flagrant foul type 1
Q3 3:29 · MEM 93-62 NO
- Technical
Naji Marshall technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:29 · MEM 103-72 NO
📊The numbers
| MEM | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 26 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
