⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, 23 of 45 from three
- A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up in the second quarter
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 52
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Taurean Prince technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:44 · LAL 81-78 MEM
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:31 · LAL 107-114 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q2 1:24 · LAL 59-62 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 2:44 · LAL 111-127 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Taylor Jenkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:21 · LAL 75-75 MEM
- Turnover
Desmond Bane bad pass
Q4 4:31 · LAL 106-114 MEM
📊The numbers
| LAL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 23 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 33 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
