⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 25- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 46
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 24
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:30 · ATL 2-12 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 4:26 · ATL 21-35 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q1 0:43 · ATL 27-48 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 18 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 35 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
