⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter and never got it back.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 34- A 13-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 7 in the third quarter
- Made fourteen threes to their twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- Ties it
Keldon Johnson hit a 7-foot pullup jump shot, Tre Jones with the assist
OT 4:27 · SA 111-111 MEM
- Ties it
Malaki Branham hit a dunk, Zach Collins with the assist
OT 4:00 · SA 113-113 MEM
- Go-ahead
Devin Vassell hit a 25-foot three jumper, Tre Jones with the assist
OT 2:33 · SA 119-117 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach Collins lost ball turnover
Q4 0:06 · SA 109-106 MEM
- Missed FT
Tre Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
OT 1:21 · SA 119-121 MEM
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
OT 0:26 · SA 120-124 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 7
Q3 1:08 · SA 93-86 MEM
- Ties it
Dillon Brooks hit a 25-foot three jumper, Luke Kennard with the assist
Q4 0:01 · SA 109-109 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q4 0:54 · SA 109-111 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dillon Brooks lost ball turnover
OT 2:38 · SA 116-117 MEM
- Missed FT
Jaren Jackson Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
OT 2:14 · SA 119-119 MEM
- Turnover
Luke Kennard lost ball turnover
OT 0:40 · SA 120-124 MEM
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 20 | Threes made | 14 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 27 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
