⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their nineteen
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 38
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19 in the first quarter
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 31-14 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:13 · MEM 14-8 MIL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19
Q1 4:58 · MEM 36-17 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q3 4:06 · MEM 95-65 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.

Bucks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 20
Q4 8:52 · MEM 104-84 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |







