⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 32 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 8:15 · BKN 68-62 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 9:03 · BKN 95-86 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 3:00 · BKN 113-97 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 4:56 · BKN 40-46 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 1:15 · BKN 79-80 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Darius Songaila technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:01 · BKN 36-35 WSH
📊The numbers
| BKN | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
