⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twenty
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 cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 4:21 · WSH 49-55 DET
- Lead
Bradley Beal hit a driving layup, Otto Porter Jr. with the assist
Q4 2:06 · WSH 110-106 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
John Wall bad pass
Q4 2:40 · WSH 108-108 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 3:53 · WSH 24-27 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q4 8:53 · WSH 98-96 DET
- Ties it
Avery Bradley hit a three jumper
Q4 1:07 · WSH 100-100 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Reggie Jackson traveling
Q4 2:57 · WSH 108-108 DET
- Turnover
Avery Bradley out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:46 · WSH 100-100 DET
- Turnover
Ish Smith turnover
Q4 0:01 · WSH 115-111 DET
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 7 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Steals | 19 |
| 18 | Blocks | 32 |
