⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 44- A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 11:19 · MEM 33-36 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 8:25 · MEM 42-38 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q3 5:44 · MEM 78-62 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 10:40 · MEM 2-12 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q4 6:30 · MEM 101-90 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
