⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34- A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16 in the fourth 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Desmond Bane defensive goaltending violation
Q4 2:36 · MEM 112-115 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 4:22 · MEM 83-88 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q4 8:36 · MEM 101-108 LAL
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16
Q4 2:36 · MEM 112-128 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anthony Davis 3 second turnover
Q4 4:50 · MEM 104-108 LAL
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 13 | Threes made | 16 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 11 |
