⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 30 from three- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 7:28 · WSH 56-43 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 8:20 · WSH 121-106 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Corey Kispert misses technical free throw
Q2 11:53 · WSH 33-26 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q2 4:49 · WSH 58-54 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Julian Champagnie technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 11:53 · WSH 33-26 SA
📊The numbers
| WSH | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 15 | Threes made | 13 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 35 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
