⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 32 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 15 fast break points to 2
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 10:41 · ATL 20-38 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q3 8:43 · ATL 53-77 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 12 | Threes made | 18 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 4 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 12 | Steals | 12 |
| 15 | Blocks | 21 |
