⏱️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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their sixteen
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
- Missed FT
Steven Adams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:53 · MEM 113-109 SA
- Missed FT
Dillon Brooks misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · MEM 120-113 SA
- Turnover
8 second turnover
Q4 0:02 · MEM 121-113 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q4 10:39 · MEM 98-103 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jakob Poeltl lost ball turnover
Q4 4:35 · MEM 113-109 SA
- Turnover
Josh Richardson bad pass
Q4 3:50 · MEM 117-111 SA
- Turnover
Tre Jones traveling
Q4 2:46 · MEM 117-111 SA
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
