⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:48 · LAL 9-2 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q4 7:48 · LAL 72-88 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Julius Randle technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 2:58 · LAL 57-71 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q1 7:18 · LAL 16-14 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q2 7:45 · LAL 34-43 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
John Wall technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:32 · LAL 37-45 WSH
📊The numbers
| LAL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 15 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 12 |
| 0 | Blocks | 2 |
