⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 26 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 25
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 11:42 · BKN 50-59 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 4:46 · BKN 60-78 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Antonio Daniels misses technical free throw
Q2 11:41 · BKN 27-28 WSH
📊The numbers
| BKN | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 13 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 33 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
