⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- A 16-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 25 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their twelve
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:12 · WSH 4-11 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 8:18 · WSH 32-51 MEM
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 25
Q3 9:02 · WSH 66-91 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Scotty Pippen Jr. technical foul
Q3 9:27 · WSH 65-75 MEM
📊The numbers
| WSH | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 17 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 34 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
