⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 26-12 off them- A 20-0 run took them from 1 down to 19 up in the second quarter
- They shot well above their usual, sixteen of 35 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
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run took them from 1 down to 19 up
Q2 8:31 · MEM 58-39 CLE
- Winner
Steven Adams hit a tip shot
Q4 0:16 · MEM 115-114 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Desmond Bane traveling
Q4 3:41 · MEM 109-107 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q2 3:21 · MEM 60-50 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 9:16 · MEM 99-102 CLE
- Go-ahead
Evan Mobley hit a 6-foot two point shot, Darius Garland with the assist
Q4 2:04 · MEM 111-112 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
5 second violation
Q4 0:27 · MEM 113-114 CLE
📊The numbers
| MEM | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 16 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
