⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 38
- A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 26
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q3 7:51 · MEM 56-73 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25
Q2 6:56 · MEM 31-56 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 32 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
