⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 33 rebounds to 43
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
- Technical
Andray Blatche double technical foul
Q4 9:57 · WSH 79-89 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 8:00 · WSH 37-48 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
