⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth 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 Nets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their thirteen
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 31-16 off them
- A 18-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 24 in the fourth quarter
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 dragged them back level
Q2 1:28 · WSH 48-48 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 1:43 · WSH 79-72 BKN
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 24
Q4 5:18 · WSH 112-88 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 7:05 · WSH 53-64 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 8:41 · WSH 6-16 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 7:31 · WSH 31-37 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 4:03 · WSH 40-48 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
