⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 19-5 off them- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 46
- A 14-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 2 in the third quarter
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 2
Q3 9:30 · MEM 66-68 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 0:34 · MEM 87-79 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Jaren Jackson Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:56 · MEM 23-37 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 8:22 · MEM 14-16 IND
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q1 0:39 · MEM 23-38 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
