⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q4 6:26 · CHA 77-99 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Henderson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:00 · CHA 42-60 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:30 · CHA 0-8 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q2 8:40 · CHA 27-48 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 28 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
