⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 25-8 off them- Ran them off the floor, 39 fast break points to 15
- A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the second quarter
- Went cold from three, five of 23
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30
- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 51
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q2 10:14 · WSH 43-44 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Antonio Daniels misses technical free throw
Q3 0:26 · WSH 93-79 LAC
- Technical
Gilbert Arenas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:53 · WSH 93-80 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q3 0:26 · WSH 93-79 LAC
📊The numbers
| WSH | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 39 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
