⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 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.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gilbert Arenas bad pass
Q4 3:42 · WSH 82-79 MEM
- Turnover
Turnover
Q4 2:05 · WSH 85-81 MEM
- Turnover
Andray Blatche bad pass
Q4 1:08 · WSH 87-83 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 1:17 · WSH 65-68 MEM
- Steal
Mike Conley stole it from Andray Blatche
Q4 1:08 · WSH 87-83 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rudy Gay turnover
Q4 3:36 · WSH 82-79 MEM
- Turnover
Mike Conley bad pass
Q4 2:00 · WSH 85-81 MEM
- Missed FT
Marc Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:37 · WSH 89-85 MEM
📊The numbers
| WSH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 14 | Assists | 19 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
