⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 30 in the second quarter- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 23-7 off them
- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their four
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 30
Q2 4:09 · WSH 59-29 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Charles Oakley Technical Foul
Q2 8:03 · WSH 40-23 HOU
- Missed FT
Jerry Stackhouse missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 7:09 · WSH 80-56 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 14
Q4 5:46 · WSH 82-68 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 9:33 · WSH 5-0 HOU
- Technical
Cuttino Mobley Technical Foul
Q3 0:30 · WSH 73-48 HOU
📊The numbers
| WSH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
