⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
They went cold, one of eight from three- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 29-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gerald Wallace Lost Ball. Stolen by Antawn Jamison.
Q4 1:36 · CHA 90-96 WSH
- Turnover
Gerald Wallace Bad Pass. Stolen by Larry Hughes.
Q4 1:06 · CHA 90-96 WSH
- Turnover
Brevin Knight Bad Pass. Stolen by Gilbert Arenas.
Q4 0:19 · CHA 92-98 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 7:07 · CHA 10-14 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 6:54 · CHA 85-94 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 2:19 · CHA 90-96 WSH
- Turnover
Michael Ruffin Lost Ball. Stolen by Brevin Knight.
Q4 1:21 · CHA 90-96 WSH
- Turnover
Gilbert Arenas Bad Pass. Stolen by Brevin Knight.
Q4 0:21 · CHA 92-98 WSH
📊The numbers
| CHA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 1 | Threes made | 5 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
