⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 28 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 28 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 42- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the first quarter
- Made seven threes to their thirteen
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q1 9:07 · LAL 18-2 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 29
Q1 2:11 · LAL 38-9 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 11:43 · LAL 53-37 MEM
- Technical
Rui Hachimura technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:23 · LAL 82-63 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 16
Q2 1:30 · LAL 53-37 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 6:49 · LAL 69-56 MEM
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Dillon Brooks flagrant foul type 2
Q3 11:43 · LAL 53-37 MEM
- Technical
Desmond Bane technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:55 · LAL 110-99 MEM
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 13 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
