⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 50- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q3 0:58 · TOR 80-93 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Pascal Siakam technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:43 · TOR 98-115 MEM
- Technical
Nick Nurse technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:43 · TOR 98-115 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 9:07 · TOR 4-13 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 6:44 · TOR 10-25 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 5:02 · TOR 98-117 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 13 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 21 | Assists | 37 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
