⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q1 1:39 · WSH 33-31 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 7:39 · WSH 67-64 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gilbert Arenas Bad Pass. Stolen by Doug Christie.
Q4 4:28 · WSH 100-93 SAC
- Turnover
Kwame Brown Lost Ball. Stolen by Chris Webber.
Q4 2:03 · WSH 105-101 SAC
- Missed FT
Jerry Stackhouse missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:14 · WSH 113-108 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 3:32 · WSH 20-29 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Brad Miller Technical Foul
Q3 2:45 · WSH 75-72 SAC
- Turnover
Doug Christie Lost Ball. Stolen by Gilbert Arenas.
Q4 4:24 · WSH 100-93 SAC
- Missed FT
Chris Webber missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:03 · WSH 100-93 SAC
📊The numbers
| WSH | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 33 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
