⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth 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 Pelicans did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 32- A 14-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 28 in the fourth quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 28
Q4 9:21 · WSH 117-89 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
