⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 50- A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their fourteen
- Burned in transition, 13 fast break points to 26
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 took them from 11 down to 2 up
Q3 10:59 · MEM 59-57 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 0:17 · MEM 88-81 SA
- Winner
Cam Spencer hit a 18-foot step back jumper
Q4 0:37 · MEM 106-105 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jaren Jackson Jr. lost ball turnover
Q4 3:26 · MEM 97-98 SA
- Missed FT
Jock Landale misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · MEM 106-105 SA
- Missed FT
Jock Landale misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:15 · MEM 106-105 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 6:53 · MEM 37-46 SA
- Go-ahead
De'Aaron Fox hit a 8-foot driving floating jump shot, Luke Kornet with the assist
Q4 2:56 · MEM 99-100 SA
- Go-ahead
De'Aaron Fox hit a 25-foot threeer, Luke Kornet with the assist
Q4 2:28 · MEM 101-103 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Victor Wembanyama lost ball turnover
Q4 3:57 · MEM 97-95 SA
- Turnover
Stephon Castle lost ball turnover
Q4 3:13 · MEM 97-98 SA
📊The numbers
| MEM | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 18 | Threes made | 14 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
