⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 11:34 · WSH 67-53 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 7:13 · WSH 79-62 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas misses technical free throw
Q3 0:54 · WSH 87-74 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 4:11 · WSH 109-92 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
