Memphis Grizzlies beat Utah Jazz 123-103 at home on Wednesday, October 21. The final margin was 20 points.
When it got away
The Grizzlies broke it open in the second quarter, winning that quarter 35-20. Their lead was 13 at that break, and it stayed in double digits at every break after.
Why it was lopsided
The Grizzlies recovered 31.3% of their own misses against 11.1% for the Jazz and the Grizzlies gave the ball away on 12.6% of their possessions while the Jazz did so 17.4% of the time. Extra possessions add up quickly over 48 minutes.
The Jazz did win one battle, the free-throw line: FT rate of 28.9 against 23.7. The Grizzlies made up for it elsewhere.
The game played at about 103 possessions per team. The Grizzlies scored 118.9 points per 100 possessions and the Jazz scored 99.6, a difference of 19.3.
Who stood out
Ty Jerome (MEM) posted the best line of the night by Game Score (38.7): 45 pts, 7 reb, 6 ast on 17-25 shooting. The team was +22 in the minutes Ty played.
For the Jazz, Keyonte George was the best of the rest at 17.4: 22 pts, 3 reb, 5 ast on 7-12 shooting.
Game Score is a single number that weighs points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, shooting efficiency, fouls and turnovers. It is not an official stat, just a quick way to rank lines.
What it means
The pre-game Win Meter had it close to a coin flip, at about 64% for the Grizzlies.
Across the last 8 meetings in our records, Memphis Grizzlies lead 6-2.
Written automatically by Tip Off Live software from box score data. Ratings and probabilities are our own model estimates.