⏱️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 but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 37
- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the third quarter
A 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up in the first 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 6:49 · MEM 22-17 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 10:22 · MEM 76-70 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q3 8:12 · MEM 89-74 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:38 · MEM 76-70 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:47 · MEM 4-11 PHX
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up
Q1 5:22 · MEM 22-31 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 33 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
