⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 2:24 · MEM 47-37 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Smart flopping technical foul
Q4 3:07 · MEM 100-84 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q3 11:08 · MEM 50-51 SA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Blake Wesley flagrant foul type 1
Q2 1:03 · MEM 42-37 SA
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
