⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 32- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 32
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 25
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 8:22 · WSH 76-63 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Trevor Booker technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:41 · WSH 58-44 BKN
📊The numbers
| WSH | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 28 | Assists | 18 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 0 |
