⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, 21 turnovers to their 33, and outscored them 30-16 off them- A 18-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 23 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30
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 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:45 · WSH 8-4 NO
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 23
Q3 11:25 · WSH 60-37 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 4:09 · WSH 87-62 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 33 |
| 20 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
