⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 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, 33 free throws to their eighteen
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 5:01 · MEM 43-41 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 9:33 · MEM 62-60 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q3 3:35 · MEM 80-74 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:21 · MEM 121-116 WSH
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry offensive foul (Antonio Daniels draws the foul)
Q4 0:13 · MEM 122-118 WSH
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry turnover
Q4 0:13 · MEM 122-118 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 1:49 · MEM 50-53 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 4:46 · MEM 69-74 WSH
- Steal
Caron Butler stole it from Rudy Gay
Q4 1:05 · MEM 115-107 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
