⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, seventeen free throws to their six
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 took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 5:50 · CHA 45-43 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 10:32 · CHA 64-66 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 4:09 · CHA 72-84 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul
Q4 7:37 · CHA 86-96 WSH
📊The numbers
| CHA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 17 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 4 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 33 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
