⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 19-9 off them
- Won the second chances, ten offensive rebounds to three
- A 19-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 20 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:00 · WSH 14-11 NO
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 20
Q4 6:26 · WSH 99-79 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Brendan Haywood double technical foul
Q2 2:23 · WSH 41-33 NO
- Technical
Andray Blatche technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:20 · WSH 66-59 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 9:59 · WSH 58-50 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
