⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 29-17 off them- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 23
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 1:08 · MEM 67-59 TOR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q3 7:30 · MEM 81-66 TOR
- Lead
Xavier Tillman hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:32 · MEM 101-100 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tyus Jones offensive foul
Q4 4:07 · MEM 99-96 TOR
- Turnover
Tyus Jones turnover
Q4 4:07 · MEM 99-96 TOR
- Turnover
Xavier Tillman lost ball turnover
Q4 3:12 · MEM 99-96 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q3 2:16 · MEM 86-80 TOR
- Go-ahead
Precious Achiuwa hit a driving dunk, Fred VanVleet with the assist
Q4 2:32 · MEM 99-100 TOR
- Winner
Scottie Barnes hit a 9-foot two point shot
Q4 0:20 · MEM 103-104 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Fred VanVleet technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:41 · MEM 61-59 TOR
- Technical
Nick Nurse technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:33 · MEM 77-66 TOR
- Turnover
Scottie Barnes bad pass
Q4 3:44 · MEM 99-96 TOR
📊The numbers
| MEM | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
