⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 34- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 32
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 28
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
- Technical
Jaren Jackson Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:26 · MEM 41-51 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 0:50 · MEM 29-41 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 10:33 · MEM 59-78 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q3 2:15 · MEM 75-99 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 16 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 1 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 28 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 2 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
