⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen
- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 32
- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 30-6 off them
- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 40
- A 13-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 25 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 25
Q2 8:04 · MEM 56-31 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q3 4:50 · MEM 107-74 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 39
Q3 1:31 · MEM 115-76 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul
Q2 5:06 · MEM 56-33 SAC
📊The numbers
| MEM | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 42 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
