⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 25, and outscored them 31-17 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 29 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 37
A 15-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 12 in the fourth 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 11:19 · WSH 9-3 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q1 5:01 · WSH 33-16 MEM
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 29
Q1 2:31 · WSH 47-18 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
DeShawn Stevenson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:34 · WSH 75-50 MEM
- Technical
Antawn Jamison technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:54 · WSH 106-85 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 12
Q4 8:10 · WSH 106-94 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
