⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 41 from three
- Burned in transition, 17 fast break points to 30
A 14-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 8 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q1 1:22 · NO 28-32 MEM
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 8
Q3 4:48 · NO 88-96 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q4 9:03 · NO 102-112 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 3:14 · NO 17-29 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 1:59 · NO 59-72 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 1:40 · NO 88-107 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaylen Wells misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:16 · NO 121-129 MEM
📊The numbers
| NO | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 7 |
