⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 5:46 · WSH 14-15 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 8:51 · WSH 81-71 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Lamar Odom Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q4 1:57 · WSH 92-77 LAL
📊The numbers
| WSH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
