⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 30
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 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:04 · MEM 12-7 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 4:01 · MEM 60-52 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 3:01 · MEM 92-75 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 36 | Assists | 16 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
