⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, ten of sixteen from three
- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 39
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
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
- Technical
Andray Blatche technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:23 · WSH 42-32 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Corey Maggette misses technical free throw
Q2 2:23 · WSH 42-32 MIL
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
