⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 45- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 4:38 · LAL 105-98 MEM
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Malik Beasley flagrant foul type 1
Q3 9:44 · LAL 62-63 MEM
- Missed FT
Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:04 · LAL 110-103 MEM
- Missed FT
Anthony Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:04 · LAL 110-103 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
