⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DEN 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 Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fourteen
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.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Lorinza Harrington Technical Foul
Q2 0:04 · WSH 11-12 DEN
- Technical
Juwan Howard Technical Foul
Q3 3:35 · WSH 32-20 DEN
📊The numbers
| WSH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 2 | Threes made | 1 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
