⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 18-4 off them- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the first quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q1 7:05 · MEM 23-9 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 10:30 · MEM 53-59 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 30 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 11 |
