โฑ๏ธHow it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
โ๏ธWhat decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their three
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen
Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 44
A 16-0 run from level to 16 points up in the first quarter
Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 56
Key battles
๐Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Nets
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run from level to 16 points up
Q1 11:41 ยท BKN 16-0 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.

Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q3 10:15 ยท BKN 66-48 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 3:34 ยท BKN 72-58 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
๐The numbers
| BKN | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 12 | Threes made | 3 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 14 | Assists | 18 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |









