⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 38-point deficit to 30
Q4 4:08 · SAC 76-106 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kosta Koufos flagrant foul type 1
Q2 9:39 · SAC 20-40 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 11:42 · SAC 0-13 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q2 5:23 · SAC 28-58 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 34
Q4 10:52 · SAC 63-97 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tomas Satoransky misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q2 9:39 · SAC 20-40 WSH
📊The numbers
| SAC | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 17 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 2 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 17 | Steals | 15 |
| 20 | Blocks | 18 |
