⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 13 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
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 37- A 17-0 run took them from 9 down to 8 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 33
A 13-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 10 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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 9 down to 8 up
Q2 10:47 · WSH 42-34 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 4:28 · WSH 54-40 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kelly Oubre Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:06 · WSH 103-81 SA
- Technical
Ian Mahinmi technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:03 · WSH 107-88 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 1:34 · WSH 21-28 SA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 10
Q4 3:05 · WSH 114-104 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 7 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Steals | 8 |
| 27 | Blocks | 17 |
