⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 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, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 25-8 off them- Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 34
- Made twelve threes to their nineteen
- They shot well above their usual, nineteen of 36 from three
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
- Ties it
Russell Westbrook hit a driving layup
Q4 0:41 · WSH 141-141 BKN
- Winner
Russell Westbrook hit a 24-foot three jumper, Garrison Mathews with the assist
Q4 0:04 · WSH 147-146 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 0:08 · WSH 149-146 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Scott Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:07 · WSH 13-25 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 9:42 · WSH 4-14 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 9:38 · WSH 37-46 BKN
- Lead
Kyrie Irving hit a 18-foot pullup jump shot
Q4 0:31 · WSH 141-143 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Bruce Brown and Russell Westbrook
Q4 9:38 · WSH 108-115 BKN
- Missed FT
Jeff Green misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:23 · WSH 141-143 BKN
- Turnover
Joe Harris bad pass
Q4 0:06 · WSH 144-146 BKN
📊The numbers
| WSH | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 12 | Threes made | 19 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 33 |
| 72 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
