⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 34 from three- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 37
- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 44
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 22-7 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 10:43 · MEM 68-57 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 6:57 · MEM 80-68 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q3 0:21 · MEM 103-81 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Ja Morant technical foul
Q2 0:37 · MEM 59-52 LAL
- Technical
Santi Aldama technical foul
Q3 5:54 · MEM 80-68 LAL
- Missed FT
Luke Kennard misses technical free throw
Q4 9:43 · MEM 103-82 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul
Q4 9:43 · MEM 103-82 LAL
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 17 | Threes made | 15 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
