⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, twelve of nineteen from three
- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:00 · LAL 32-28 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 5:52 · LAL 52-41 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 0:05 · LAL 66-48 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 1:04 · LAL 87-71 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 8:37 · LAL 94-81 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 3 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
