⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 31 from three- Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 24
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 1:30 · WSH 25-23 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 11:12 · WSH 83-64 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Gilbert Arenas Double Technical Foul. Antonio Burks gains possession.
Q4 0:51 · WSH 91-79 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
