⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 34- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 25-7 off them
- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 18
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 1:32 · SAC 36-31 MEM
- Steal
Keegan Murray stole it from Vince Williams Jr.
Q4 1:42 · SAC 103-108 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Keegan Murray misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:39 · SAC 104-108 MEM
- Missed FT
Maxime Raynaud misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:11 · SAC 104-110 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 0:03 · SAC 59-72 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q4 11:51 · SAC 87-94 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach Edey offensive foul
Q4 2:50 · SAC 103-106 MEM
- Turnover
Zach Edey turnover
Q4 2:50 · SAC 103-106 MEM
- Turnover
Vince Williams Jr. bad pass
Q4 1:42 · SAC 103-108 MEM
📊The numbers
| SAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
