⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 22 from three
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q2 11:25 · MEM 43-37 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:53 · MEM 70-59 SA
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:15 · MEM 130-127 SA
- Missed FT
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:01 · MEM 133-127 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 9:54 · MEM 117-108 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 3:20 · MEM 130-127 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Keldon Johnson misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 2:50 · MEM 130-124 SA
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 33 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 11 |
