⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of twenty from three- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen
- Could not get to the line, 31 free throws to their 45
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 52
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 3 down to 8 up
Q1 5:18 · WSH 19-11 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 5:26 · WSH 68-54 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q3 1:57 · WSH 73-67 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 16 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
