⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of sixteen from three- A 16-0 run took them from 13 down to 3 up in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 32
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the third quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q3 3:02 · WSH 84-71 MEM
- Ties it
Brendan Haywood made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:24 · WSH 97-97 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Larry Hughes Bad Pass
Q4 2:16 · WSH 95-97 MEM
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:43 · WSH 97-99 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 8:29 · WSH 9-13 MEM
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 13 down to 3 up
Q4 10:38 · WSH 84-87 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 6:54 · WSH 86-95 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Lorenzen Wright Technical Foul
Q3 5:45 · WSH 66-64 MEM
- Turnover
Lorenzen Wright Bad Pass. Stolen by Jerry Stackhouse.
Q4 4:46 · WSH 89-95 MEM
- Turnover
Pau Gasol Bad Pass
Q4 0:08 · WSH 99-103 MEM
📊The numbers
| WSH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
