⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 26 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 24- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 37
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 1-point lead to 9
Q2 8:41 · WSH 40-31 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 10:55 · WSH 65-45 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q3 2:28 · WSH 79-51 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 0 | Threes made | 1 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
