⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fourteen- A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2
Q2 4:37 · WSH 41-43 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 4:16 · WSH 68-66 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 1:19 · WSH 76-68 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Juan Dixon bad pass
Q4 3:30 · WSH 92-84 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:30 · WSH 0-9 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:47 · WSH 32-43 DET
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:47 · WSH 59-66 DET
- Turnover
Allen Iverson lost ball
Q4 4:05 · WSH 90-82 DET
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 1 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
