⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 29-20 off them- A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:22 · MEM 12-3 WSH
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q2 9:41 · MEM 40-18 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Blake Lost Ball. Stolen by Shane Battier.
Q4 4:54 · MEM 76-69 WSH
📊The numbers
| MEM | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 12 | Blocks | 8 |
