⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
+12Q128-20
-9Q217-21
+7Q324-20
+9Q431-21
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 10
Key battles
25Fast break points10
25Points off turnovers10
6Blocks2
10Steals5
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 3:36 · CHA 67-56 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
