⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 26 from three
A 18-0 run took them from 6 down to 12 up 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
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 6 down to 12 up
Q3 2:06 · WSH 97-85 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Thomas Bryant offensive foul
Q4 2:16 · WSH 110-104 DET
- Turnover
Thomas Bryant turnover
Q4 2:16 · WSH 110-104 DET
- Turnover
Thomas Bryant bad pass
Q4 1:16 · WSH 112-108 DET

Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 4:45 · WSH 79-85 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 6:18 · WSH 104-104 DET
- Steal
Cade Cunningham stole it from Thomas Bryant
Q4 1:16 · WSH 112-108 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Isaiah Stewart misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:12 · WSH 112-109 DET
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 13 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |





