⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their nine- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
- They shot well above their usual, nineteen of 47 from three
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 7 down to 1 up
Q1 8:47 · WSH 8-7 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 7:40 · WSH 45-35 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 11:10 · WSH 70-48 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:09 · WSH 107-99 MEM
- Missed FT
Jordan Poole misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:27 · WSH 111-104 MEM
- Missed FT
Jordan Poole misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:20 · WSH 113-106 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Desmond Bane out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 4:55 · WSH 104-97 MEM
📊The numbers
| WSH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 19 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
