⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 26
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 5 down to 3 up
Q1 1:07 · WSH 27-24 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 7:07 · WSH 90-81 ATL
- Winner
DeShawn Stevenson hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:29 · WSH 93-92 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Caron Butler traveling
Q4 1:50 · WSH 91-88 ATL
- Missed FT
DeShawn Stevenson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:35 · WSH 92-92 ATL
- Missed FT
DeShawn Stevenson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:29 · WSH 92-92 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- Go-ahead
Josh Childress hit a dunk, Joe Johnson with the assist
Q4 0:45 · WSH 91-92 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Josh Smith lost ball
Q4 1:55 · WSH 91-88 ATL
📊The numbers
| WSH | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
