⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 8 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
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 20-10 off them- A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20 in the fourth quarter
- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their two
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q1 7:48 · WSH 16-12 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 11:23 · WSH 77-62 BKN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q4 8:05 · WSH 93-73 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 3:34 · WSH 38-34 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Dinwiddie technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:22 · WSH 90-73 BKN
📊The numbers
| WSH | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
