⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 48- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 6:13 · WSH 63-56 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:24 · WSH 77-75 MEM
- Turnover
Popeye Jones Bad Pass. Stolen by Stromile Swift.
Q4 3:08 · WSH 78-75 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stromile Swift Lost Ball. Stolen by Tyronn Lue.
Q4 3:29 · WSH 77-75 MEM
- Missed FT
Stromile Swift missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:55 · WSH 80-76 MEM
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:05 · WSH 82-79 MEM
📊The numbers
| WSH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 2 | Threes made | 2 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 14 |
