โฑ๏ธHow it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
โฒ WSH better than we expected
โผ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
โ๏ธWhat decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five
Won the glass, 64 rebounds to 47
Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 33
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
๐Good 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 9:22 ยท WSH 59-52 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Larry Hughes Technical Foul
Q4 9:00 ยท WSH 83-70 TOR

Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 4:28 ยท WSH 15-19 TOR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7
Q4 11:00 ยท WSH 83-76 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rafer Alston Bad Pass. Stolen by Antawn Jamison.
Q4 3:55 ยท WSH 87-81 TOR
๐The numbers
| WSH | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 25 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |











