⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- A 16-0 run took them from 9 down to 7 up 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 8:22 · WSH 39-30 PHX
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 9 down to 7 up
Q4 6:01 · WSH 100-93 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Brendan Haywood Double Technical Foul. Quentin Richardson gains possession.
Q3 9:15 · WSH 59-59 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 7:39 · WSH 62-72 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire Technical Foul. Stoudemire's 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 8:47 · WSH 78-84 PHX
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire Lost Ball. Stolen by Juan Dixon.
Q4 4:58 · WSH 91-93 PHX
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire Bad Pass. Stolen by Juan Dixon.
Q4 0:06 · WSH 108-103 PHX
📊The numbers
| WSH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 18 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
