⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 11 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 34- Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 38
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 9:21 · MEM 43-40 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Jonas Valanciunas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:44 · MEM 102-81 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 11:27 · MEM 35-40 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 11 | Threes made | 14 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 32 | Assists | 22 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
