⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 17-6 off them
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 6 down to 3 up
Q2 1:58 · WSH 55-52 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 0:35 · WSH 84-71 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 6:48 · WSH 42-43 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Raymond Felton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:27 · WSH 105-93 CHA
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
