⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
+9Q124-16
-20Q214-31
+5Q326-23
+7Q425-17
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 21-7 off them
Key battles
7Points off turnovers21
60%Three-point accuracy33%
21Turnovers14
24Free throws made17
📊The numbers
| WSH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
