⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their twelve- A 15-0 run took them from 2 down to 13 up in the first quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 2 down to 13 up
Q1 10:14 · WSH 15-2 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerry Stackhouse missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:42 · WSH 76-71 ATL
- Missed FT
Jerry Stackhouse missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:46 · WSH 76-71 ATL
- Turnover
Jerry Stackhouse Lost Ball. Stolen by Michael Wilks.
Q4 0:35 · WSH 77-74 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q1 4:22 · WSH 15-10 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Glenn Robinson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 4:41 · WSH 15-2 ATL
📊The numbers
| WSH | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
