⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their 21- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:08 · WSH 10-2 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 2:04 · WSH 82-73 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brendan Haywood misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:37 · WSH 95-90 CHA
- Turnover
Antawn Jamison lost ball
Q4 3:33 · WSH 95-94 CHA
- Missed FT
Brendan Haywood misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:24 · WSH 97-94 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Matt Carroll flagrant foul type 1 (Antonio Daniels draws the foul)
Q4 5:35 · WSH 94-88 CHA
- Turnover
Matt Carroll offensive foul (Caron Butler draws the foul)
Q4 1:12 · WSH 101-96 CHA
- Turnover
Matt Carroll turnover
Q4 1:12 · WSH 101-96 CHA
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
