⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 23- A 14-0 run stretched a 7-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.
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 11:27 · WSH 11-2 DET
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21
Q2 3:53 · WSH 62-41 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 34 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
