⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 28-15 off them- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 36
- Made six threes to their thirteen
- They shot well above their usual, thirteen of 28 from three
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 4 down to 4 up
Q3 8:36 · WSH 71-67 LAL
- Winner
John Wall hit a 17-foot jumper
Q4 1:34 · WSH 109-108 LAL
- Steal
Garrett Temple stole it from Steve Blake
Q4 0:30 · WSH 111-108 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
John Wall misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:18 · WSH 113-111 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 0:33 · WSH 59-60 LAL
- Go-ahead
Pau Gasol hit a 3-foot jumper, Jordan Farmar with the assist
Q4 1:54 · WSH 107-108 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:09 · WSH 109-108 LAL
- Turnover
Steve Blake bad pass
Q4 0:30 · WSH 111-108 LAL
📊The numbers
| WSH | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 30 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
