⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, 21 of 47 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 32
A 13-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 21 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q1 0:38 · MEM 46-25 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q2 7:46 · MEM 61-36 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 21
Q3 3:11 · MEM 106-85 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 21 | Threes made | 11 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 36 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
