⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
+7Q125-18
-7Q220-27
+14Q330-18
+4Q424-21
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their twelve- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 34
- Made two threes to their eight
Key battles
2Threes made8
4Blocks9
23Points off turnovers15
59Rebounds40
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 10:52 · WSH 54-47 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
