⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. 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, 6 points better 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, 48 points inside to 32
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 0:35 · WSH 30-22 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 6:03 · WSH 99-88 DET
- Steal
Raul Neto stole it from Cade Cunningham
Q4 1:27 · WSH 99-91 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rui Hachimura misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 11:16 · WSH 27-22 DET
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:29 · WSH 46-42 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 5:55 · WSH 42-38 DET
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Marvin Bagley III flagrant foul type 1
Q2 11:16 · WSH 27-22 DET
- Turnover
Cade Cunningham bad pass
Q4 1:27 · WSH 99-91 DET
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
