⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38
- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 25, and outscored them 27-16 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:11 · WSH 11-8 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 7:16 · WSH 42-35 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 0:42 · WSH 88-75 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
JaVale McGee misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:07 · WSH 100-92 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
