⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 9:15 · LAL 14-6 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q2 4:28 · LAL 57-32 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant Technical Foul
Q2 1:05 · LAL 58-35 WSH
- Technical
Derek Fisher Double Technical Foul. Juan Dixon gains possession.
Q4 10:17 · LAL 94-75 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 35 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 13 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
