⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 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
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 42- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 in the second 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 4:10 · MEM 25-17 DEN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q2 11:12 · MEM 42-22 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q2 3:29 · MEM 66-37 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q4 2:34 · MEM 112-94 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
