⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of fifteen from three- A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
A 14-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 11 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q2 1:06 · MEM 66-46 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 11
Q4 10:11 · MEM 90-79 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
