⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 13 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
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 26 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their eighteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 1:37 · WSH 72-64 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 9:45 · WSH 110-101 DEN
- Lead
Davis Bertans hit a free throw 1 of 3
Q4 0:08 · WSH 126-125 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Russell Westbrook technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:15 · WSH 113-103 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 10:18 · WSH 5-14 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 2:57 · WSH 123-122 DEN
- Ties it
Jamal Murray hit a 29-foot three jumper
Q4 0:30 · WSH 125-125 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 15 | Threes made | 17 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
