⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third 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
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 39- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 48
- A 12-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 20-9 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:18 · WSH 19-12 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 26
Q3 4:05 · WSH 89-63 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 32
Q4 4:34 · WSH 115-83 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Aaron Holiday technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:04 · WSH 89-63 MEM
- Technical
Montrezl Harrell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:41 · WSH 102-80 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q1 4:39 · WSH 29-26 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 20
Q4 7:51 · WSH 102-82 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:27 · WSH 65-50 MEM
- Missed FT
Sam Merrill misses technical free throw
Q4 5:41 · WSH 102-80 MEM
📊The numbers
| WSH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 34 | Assists | 19 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
