It wasn’t a pretty final quarter for the Lakers, but they were able to hold off the Grizzlies 107-102 to move to 5-5 on the season and earn their first back to back wins of the year.
For most of the game the story was how the Lakers were able to speed up the Grizzlies and get them to play at the Lakers tempo. The Lakers pressured defensively, contested shots, forced misses, and then sprinted the other way to get into their sets quickly. The result was Memphis playing on their heels and the Lakers taking full advantage by getting into the paint off the dribble and either finishing at the cup or kicking the ball back out to cycle through perimeter options.