⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 25 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 40- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their nineteen
A 15-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 7 in the third 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 stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 4:01 · WSH 29-19 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 9:09 · WSH 91-79 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 4:42 · WSH 101-83 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 20
Q3 8:57 · WSH 74-54 DET
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 7
Q3 6:10 · WSH 76-69 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerami Grant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:19 · WSH 24-19 DET
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
