⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first 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 Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 34
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q3 9:52 · WSH 50-37 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q4 5:37 · WSH 85-69 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 3 | Threes made | 1 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 13 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 13 | Blocks | 13 |
