⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 13
- Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to nine
- A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19 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.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 7:29 · CHA 17-16 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 12
Q3 11:40 · CHA 65-77 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 7:02 · CHA 101-110 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 1:50 · CHA 26-29 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q2 8:34 · CHA 37-50 WSH
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19
Q3 0:31 · CHA 88-107 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 26 | Assists | 29 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
