⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of eighteen from three- A 18-0 run took them from 8 down to 10 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 30
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 7:35 · WSH 15-13 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 3:21 · WSH 26-17 OKC
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 8 down to 10 up
Q3 4:09 · WSH 86-76 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bradley Beal bad pass
Q4 3:24 · WSH 94-88 OKC
- Missed FT
Martell Webster misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:03 · WSH 95-90 OKC
- Turnover
Kevin Seraphin traveling
Q4 2:58 · WSH 95-90 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 4:58 · WSH 41-46 OKC
- Ties it
Kevin Durant hit a 24-foot three jumper
Q4 0:36 · WSH 99-99 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
