⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-8 off them
A 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up in the second 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 7:35 · WSH 17-9 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 5:18 · WSH 64-63 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 8:06 · WSH 92-77 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up
Q2 10:26 · WSH 30-39 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 15 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
