⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse 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, 60 rebounds to 39- Owned the paint, 78 points inside to 48
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 23-10 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q2 7:41 · MEM 54-37 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 3:07 · MEM 94-82 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 2:22 · MEM 64-57 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Davis Bertans technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:05 · MEM 107-97 WSH
📊The numbers
| MEM | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| 78 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
