⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 35 from three- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 18-8 off them
- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 34
- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 49
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up 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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 8:28 · MEM 16-6 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 7:17 · MEM 92-82 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 5:10 · MEM 41-37 CHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q3 6:42 · MEM 61-68 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
