⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 33
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 27-11 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q3 8:42 · WSH 76-53 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q4 11:27 · WSH 96-72 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
