⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 40
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 18-10 off them
- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 19
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 cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 6:03 · WSH 49-50 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 8:22 · WSH 105-82 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 12 | Blocks | 5 |
