⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 28-6 off them- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 4
A 12-0 run dragged them back level in the first 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:24 · WSH 29-29 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 9:33 · WSH 91-99 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 7:03 · WSH 12-19 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q3 1:07 · WSH 81-96 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
