⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 39- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 19-8 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 4
- Could not get to the line, 35 free throws to their 45
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 4:24 · WSH 40-34 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kwame Brown Double Technical Foul. Jason Collins gains possession.
Q4 6:48 · WSH 82-63 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 0:36 · WSH 18-20 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
