⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 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, 45 rebounds to 32
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 stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 7:30 · WSH 93-75 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
John Wall misses technical free throw
Q1 10:29 · WSH 2-2 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
