⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 31 from three- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 33
- Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 47
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 6:09 · LAL 78-71 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Talen Horton-Tucker misses technical free throw
Q1 1:50 · LAL 26-17 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 1:44 · LAL 26-26 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 3:57 · LAL 50-57 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 1:50 · LAL 26-17 WSH
- Technical
Double technical foul - Rui Hachimura and Austin Reaves
Q3 3:39 · LAL 76-71 WSH
- Technical
Ish Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:09 · LAL 78-74 WSH
📊The numbers
| LAL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
