⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their twelve- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 41
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 16-7 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 5:16 · CHA 21-13 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 3:36 · CHA 80-69 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Caron Butler traveling
Q4 3:16 · CHA 72-69 WSH
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 2:16 · CHA 74-69 WSH
📊The numbers
| CHA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 9 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
