⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 12 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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their fifteen- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dahntay Jones double technical foul
Q4 8:06 · MEM 76-68 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas misses technical free throw
Q2 2:18 · MEM 37-30 WSH
📊The numbers
| MEM | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
