⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 17-4 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q1 7:52 · WSH 21-3 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nick Young misses technical free throw
Q1 9:04 · WSH 6-0 BKN
- Missed FT
Nick Young misses technical free throw
Q3 9:15 · WSH 58-43 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Harris technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:15 · WSH 58-43 BKN
📊The numbers
| WSH | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 13 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 10 | Blocks | 7 |
