⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets fell 15 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to seven- A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the second quarter
A 16-0 run took them from 2 down to 14 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 4:07 · BKN 36-39 WSH
- Go-ahead
Richard Jefferson hit a three jumper, Jason Kidd with the assist
Q4 2:53 · BKN 80-79 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 2:53 · BKN 85-79 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 2 down to 14 up
Q1 10:40 · BKN 2-16 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 10:56 · BKN 17-37 WSH
- Ties it
Caron Butler hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:39 · BKN 85-85 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Antawn Jamison misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 4:35 · BKN 75-74 WSH
- Turnover
Caron Butler bad pass
Q4 2:29 · BKN 80-79 WSH
📊The numbers
| BKN | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
