⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter and never got it back. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
-11Q134-40
-13Q223-32
+3Q323-16
+10Q432-22
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 20-6 off them- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to eight
- They shot well above their usual, seven of sixteen from three
Key battles
20Points off turnovers6
6Blocks1
16Offensive rebounds8
3Threes made7
📊The numbers
| WSH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
