⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 21 from three
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 stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 6:20 · WSH 93-73 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Trevor Booker technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 4:16 · WSH 19-16 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:51 · WSH 60-52 PHX
📊The numbers
| WSH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 30 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
