⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 29- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 23-14 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jaren Jackson Jr. flagrant foul type 1
Q1 3:56 · MEM 13-26 CHA
- Technical
Jaren Jackson Jr. technical foul
Q3 0:29 · MEM 75-87 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 8:35 · MEM 9-20 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 10:32 · MEM 56-71 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 17 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
