⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth 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 Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 24 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 11:37 · WSH 92-84 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 7:35 · WSH 107-94 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Marcin Gortat and Rajon Rondo
Q1 5:26 · WSH 17-10 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 1:35 · WSH 32-35 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 9:33 · WSH 41-46 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 31 | Assists | 24 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
