⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Bibby technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:56 · SAC 24-27 WSH
- Technical
Bonzi Wells technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:15 · SAC 38-40 WSH
- Technical
Kenny Thomas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:00 · SAC 40-43 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 7:30 · SAC 11-14 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Caron Butler misses technical free throw
Q3 3:11 · SAC 61-66 WSH
📊The numbers
| SAC | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
