⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 23 from three
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 36
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their ten
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 cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q2 5:54 · WSH 41-56 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q1 2:31 · WSH 22-38 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q1 0:00 · WSH 24-48 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 65% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
