⏱️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
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 36 from three- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35
- A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 8:48 · WSH 18-12 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q4 10:24 · WSH 100-82 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28
Q4 7:10 · WSH 113-85 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 6:08 · WSH 48-42 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 18 | Threes made | 14 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 5 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Steals | 14 |
| 15 | Blocks | 13 |
