⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 16-8 off them- They shot well above their usual, eleven of sixteen from three
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their twelve
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q3 3:58 · WSH 75-80 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 8:51 · WSH 34-42 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 5:56 · WSH 95-108 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal Technical Foul
Q2 3:36 · WSH 38-50 LAL
📊The numbers
| WSH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 69% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 37 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
