⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 25 from three
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 in the fourth 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 took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 6:52 · WSH 14-8 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 6:07 · WSH 46-33 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 20
Q3 0:39 · WSH 89-69 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q4 4:24 · WSH 108-98 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Joakim Noah technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 7:07 · WSH 64-51 NY
📊The numbers
| WSH | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 15 | Threes made | 12 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
