⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 25 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 17 fast break points to 31
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q3 1:51 · ATL 96-103 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 8:44 · ATL 12-16 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 2:43 · ATL 25-38 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q2 3:52 · ATL 39-64 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 35 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 31 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
