⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 19 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their nineteen- A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
A 19-0 run took them from 4 down to 15 up in the second 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
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 4 down to 15 up
Q2 5:31 · MEM 65-50 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jaylen Wells misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:16 · MEM 105-113 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q3 9:18 · MEM 74-73 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 0:00 · MEM 91-96 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 7:18 · MEM 97-108 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
