⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 10 points ahead of 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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 38 from three- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their thirteen
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 28-8 off them
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the second 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q4 11:39 · WSH 95-90 CHA
- Go-ahead
Kyle Kuzma hit a 29-foot three jumper, Deni Avdija with the assist
Q4 2:59 · WSH 108-106 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 1:10 · WSH 120-113 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses technical free throw
Q3 6:08 · WSH 68-78 CHA
- Turnover
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope lost ball turnover
Q4 4:51 · WSH 102-106 CHA
- Turnover
Bradley Beal lost ball turnover
Q4 1:55 · WSH 111-111 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q2 3:19 · WSH 52-64 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 8:04 · WSH 98-100 CHA
- Go-ahead
Terry Rozier hit a 26-foot threeer
Q4 2:41 · WSH 108-109 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
James Borrego technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:41 · WSH 27-19 CHA
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:22 · WSH 102-106 CHA
- Missed FT
Terry Rozier misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 2:08 · WSH 111-109 CHA
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 16 | Threes made | 14 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
