⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 24-14 off them
- A 18-0 run from level to 18 points up 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.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 3:45 · SA 60-55 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses technical free throw
Q3 8:23 · SA 70-73 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 6:22 · SA 48-49 MEM
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run from level to 18 points up
Q3 3:12 · SA 86-104 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 9:50 · SA 94-115 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Luke Kennard technical foul
Q3 8:23 · SA 70-73 MEM
📊The numbers
| SA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 13 | Threes made | 19 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 39 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 0 |
