⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 32 from three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their sixteen
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 10:04 · CHA 28-30 WSH
- Steal
Mason Plumlee stole it from Monte Morris
Q4 2:51 · CHA 89-96 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dennis Smith Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:45 · CHA 86-90 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 1:10 · CHA 18-30 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 3:27 · CHA 89-102 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Jordan Goodwin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:38 · CHA 33-34 WSH
- Turnover
Monte Morris bad pass
Q4 2:51 · CHA 89-96 WSH
📊The numbers
| CHA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
