⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 2-point lead to 10
Q1 3:05 · MEM 25-15 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 8:40 · MEM 77-85 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 4:07 · MEM 62-72 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
