⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 39- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 4
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the first 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 7:33 · WSH 53-52 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bradley Beal misses technical free throw
Q4 5:12 · WSH 111-112 DAL
- Turnover
Jeff Green bad pass
Q4 4:03 · WSH 114-113 DAL
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:43 · WSH 127-119 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q1 5:28 · WSH 21-32 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwight Powell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:17 · WSH 114-112 DAL
📊The numbers
| WSH | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 12 | Threes made | 15 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 30 | Assists | 27 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
