⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 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 eleven threes to their three- They went cold, three of seventeen from three
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 32
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 9:30 · WSH 12-8 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 9:41 · WSH 72-53 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gary Neal misses technical free throw
Q2 10:11 · WSH 32-18 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
David Joerger technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 10:11 · WSH 32-18 MEM
- Technical
Mario Chalmers technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 10:11 · WSH 33-18 MEM
- Technical
Mario Chalmers technical foul(2nd technical foul)
Q2 10:11 · WSH 33-18 MEM
📊The numbers
| WSH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 12 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 13 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
