⏱️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
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen- Went cold from three, four of 24
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 2:38 · WSH 19-18 NY
- Go-ahead
Antawn Jamison hit a driving layup, Brendan Haywood with the assist
Q4 0:20 · WSH 97-96 NY
- Winner
Caron Butler hit a dunk, DeShawn Stevenson with the assist
Q4 0:02 · WSH 99-98 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Donell Taylor misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:48 · WSH 89-86 NY
- Missed FT
Caron Butler misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:33 · WSH 93-86 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:34 · WSH 7-10 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 11:41 · WSH 81-78 NY
- Go-ahead
Stephon Marbury hit a driving layup
Q4 0:31 · WSH 95-96 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephon Marbury technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 1:55 · WSH 15-18 NY
- Missed FT
Stephon Marbury misses technical free throw
Q3 11:00 · WSH 58-53 NY
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:48 · WSH 89-86 NY
📊The numbers
| WSH | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
