⏱️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 and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38
- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 28-11 off them
- A 18-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 19 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
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 19
Q1 0:37 · WSH 38-19 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q2 1:54 · WSH 51-23 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 26
Q4 6:24 · WSH 79-53 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vince Carter missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 3:38 · WSH 42-21 TOR
📊The numbers
| WSH | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
