⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 30- Made no threes to their seven
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 20-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 8:15 · TOR 40-47 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 1:40 · TOR 55-56 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:56 · TOR 62-64 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 2:46 · TOR 28-41 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:29 · TOR 67-69 WSH
- Turnover
Jerry Stackhouse Lost Ball. Stolen by Michael Curry.
Q4 2:14 · TOR 69-73 WSH
- Missed FT
Jerry Stackhouse missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:13 · TOR 74-75 WSH
📊The numbers
| TOR | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 0 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
