⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 37 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 3:15 · WSH 33-25 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 5:34 · WSH 55-47 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 3:25 · WSH 97-83 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Raul Neto technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:08 · WSH 44-38 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
