⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 8:14 · MEM 87-95 WSH
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2
Q4 2:38 · MEM 100-102 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Mario Chalmers technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:53 · MEM 70-82 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 4:52 · MEM 17-23 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 6:00 · MEM 63-77 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:36 · MEM 91-97 WSH
- Missed FT
Marcin Gortat misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:30 · MEM 94-97 WSH
📊The numbers
| MEM | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 9 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Steals | 13 |
| 25 | Blocks | 23 |
