⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 32 from three- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 29-19 off them
- Beaten inside, 44 points in the paint to 62
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 3:53 · GS 116-113 MEM
- Go-ahead
Klay Thompson hit a 28-foot threeer, Jordan Poole with the assist
Q4 0:14 · GS 120-118 MEM
- Winner
Jordan Poole hit a 4-foot layup, Donte DiVincenzo with the assist
Q4 0:02 · GS 122-120 MEM
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jonathan Kuminga flagrant foul type 1
Q2 0:47 · GS 51-48 MEM
- Turnover
Klay Thompson traveling
Q4 0:46 · GS 116-116 MEM
- Missed FT
Draymond Green misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:30 · GS 116-116 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 7:42 · GS 68-78 MEM
- Lead
Ja Morant hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:26 · GS 117-118 MEM
- Ties it
Brandon Clarke hit a 5-foot dunk, Ja Morant with the assist
Q4 0:06 · GS 120-120 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ja Morant out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 2:06 · GS 113-113 MEM
- Missed FT
Desmond Bane misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:42 · GS 116-114 MEM
- Missed FT
Desmond Bane misses technical free throw
Q4 1:14 · GS 116-114 MEM
📊The numbers
| GS | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 33 | Assists | 26 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
