⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 8:39 · WSH 39-32 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 3:18 · WSH 53-44 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 10:00 · WSH 69-54 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 12 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
