⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 17-4 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 6
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 3:47 · WSH 86-69 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q2 6:43 · WSH 43-48 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Damian Lillard technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 10:30 · WSH 86-72 POR
📊The numbers
| WSH | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
