⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 47 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 41
- A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 30-17 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 9:55 · WSH 11-3 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2
Q4 7:33 · WSH 84-86 PHX
- Winner
Larry Hughes made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Juan Dixon.
Q4 1:12 · WSH 93-91 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Larry Hughes missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:35 · WSH 96-92 PHX
- Missed FT
Kwame Brown missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:15 · WSH 99-95 PHX
- Missed FT
Juan Dixon missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:07 · WSH 101-98 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 8:02 · WSH 54-64 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 11:04 · WSH 69-84 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Howard Eisley Technical Foul
Q4 10:30 · WSH 69-80 PHX
- Turnover
Shawn Marion Lost Ball. Stolen by Juan Dixon.
Q4 2:31 · WSH 88-91 PHX
- Missed FT
Joe Johnson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:01 · WSH 93-92 PHX
📊The numbers
| WSH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 74 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 17 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
