The BreakdownGrind
Grizzlies commit 25 turnovers and still beat the Warriors
Memphis gave the ball away 25 times and trailed by 12 with 3:47 left, then scored 17 straight points.
Memphis beat Golden State 111-108. The lead changed hands 14 times, and very little about the night was tidy.
Golden State led 106-94 with 3:47 left. Memphis then scored 17 unanswered points, from 3:34 to 0:10.2, before Yaxel Lendeborg's two free throws with 0:00.5 left set the final margin.
| MEM | Stat | GSW |
|---|---|---|
| 46.5 | FG% | 41.0 |
| 38.5 | 3PT% | 34.1 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 18 | Off. rebounds | 18 |
| 86 | FG attempts | 83 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 19 |
Memphis turned it over more often
The Grizzlies committed 25 turnovers. The Warriors committed 19.
Golden State finished with 12 steals. Memphis had 7.
Cameron Boozer had six of the Memphis turnovers and Scotty Pippen Jr. had five. On the other side, Lendeborg had six and Draymond Green five. Lendeborg, Green and Ty Jerome each drew a technical.
Green's last turnover came on an offensive foul with 0:12.8 left, his fifth foul, with Memphis up 108-106.
Golden State lived at the line
The Warriors made 26 of 29 free throws. The Grizzlies made 16 of 22.
Stephen Curry went 11-for-11 from the line and scored 24 points on 5-of-15 shooting. Lendeborg made 9 of 12.
Boozer went 9-for-9 for Memphis. Four of those came in the comeback, on trips at 2:02 and 1:49 that moved the Grizzlies to 102-106.
Memphis was better inside the arc
Memphis made 25 of 47 two-point shots, 53.2%. Golden State made 20 of 42, 47.6%.
Both teams grabbed 18 offensive rebounds. Lendeborg had seven of the Golden State total; Zach Edey had four for Memphis and finished +25.
Jerome led all scorers with 28 points on 11-of-22 shooting. He scored 14 in the 3rd quarter, when he made six field goals in a row from 10:56 to 3:46 left. Golden State answered that quarter with an 11-0 run that ended at 84-90.
The last stretch belonged to the guards and Boozer. Jaylen Wells hit a 3 and a free throw to start the 17-0 run. Jerome's 3 at 1:24 cut it to 105-106, and Wells split two free throws to tie it at 106.
Podziemski and Curry each missed a 3. Boozer then hit a 9-foot turnaround with 0:20.1 left, and Memphis went ahead for good, 108-106.
Jerome added a free throw and a driving layup for 111-106 at 0:10.2. Lendeborg's two free throws at 0:00.5 made it 111-108.
MEM ahead above the line · GSW ahead below