⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their thirteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 6:03 · WSH 64-86 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephen Jackson misses technical free throw
Q3 7:43 · WSH 37-49 CHA
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
