⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35
A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up in the first quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up
Q1 9:40 · WSH 15-10 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 6:48 · WSH 15-18 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 4:54 · WSH 17-27 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q4 11:26 · WSH 71-99 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Robert Horry Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 8:07 · WSH 32-45 LAL
📊The numbers
| WSH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
