⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 7
- A 18-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 19 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q2 9:18 · ATL 28-40 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q1 2:39 · ATL 14-33 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 7:22 · ATL 28-48 WSH
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 19
Q4 7:39 · ATL 95-114 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
