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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lakers | 36 | 31 | 32 | 20 | 119 |
 Wizards | 26 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 127 |
LALTeam statsWAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 48-9152.7% | 13-3537.1% | 10-1190.9% | 41 | 25 | 12 |
| WAS | 44-8551.8% | 13-3141.9% | 26-3183.9% | 36 | 30 | 7 |
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Washington Wizards127| 33 | 18 | 4-11 | 3-5 | 7-9 | 0 | +8 | +2.7 | |||||||
| 32 | 13 | 5-11 | 3-8 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +1.0 | |||||
| 26 | 27 | 9-17 | 1-3 | 8-10 | 0 | +2 | +5.2 | |||||||
| 25 | 10 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.1 | |||||
| 18 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −1.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 17 | 4-14 | 3-8 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | +10 | +0.8 | ||||||
| 27 | 16 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +23 | +12.2 | ||||||
| 26 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −1.3 | |||||
| 22 | 17 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | +6 | +6.3 | ||||||||
| Team | 127 | 44-8551.8% | 13-3141.9% | 36 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 26-3183.9% | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||
Bench 54 points on 19 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Cassius Winston, Thomas Bryant, Isaiah Todd, Jordan Schakel and Anthony Gill (coach’s decision); Kyle Kuzma (injury/illness).
Los Angeles Lakers119| 37 | 22 | 10-15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | −1 | +5.7 | ||||||||
| 36 | 38 | 16-29 | 4-10 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +9.6 | ||||||
| 28 | 17 | 6-9 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +2.1 | |||||
| 27 | 9 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +7 | −0.4 | ||||||
| 25 | 12 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +1.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 13 | 5-10 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 0.0 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −2.6 | |||
| 18 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −5.0 | ||
| 17 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −8.1 | |||||
| 12 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.3 | |||||
| Team | 119 | 48-9152.7% | 13-3537.1% | 41 | 25 | 12 | 23 | 10-1190.9% | 9 | 3 | 1 | |||
Bench 21 points on 8 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Kent Bazemore, Trevor Ariza and Dwight Howard (coach’s decision).
Wizards127Lakers119ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Kristaps Porziņģis scored 27 points (16 in the fourth quarter), and the Washington Wizards rallied from 16 points down in the first quarter to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 127-119 to end a 6-game losing streak.
The Wizards trailed 32-16 with 2:58 left in the first quarter. They outscored the Lakers 111-87 the rest of the way.
Porziņģis’ 18-foot step-back jumper with 1:36 left made it 119-116, and his 3-pointer with 39.9 seconds left put it away at 125-119.
During clutch time, the Wizards outscored the Lakers 14-5. Porziņģis scored 9 of the Wizards’ 14 on 4 for 4 shooting. Early in the fourth quarter, Tomas Satoransky had 2 steals in 31 seconds, the first leading to Ish Smith’s driving layup and the second to Daniel Gafford’s dunk. Two minutes later, Satoransky had 4 of his 6 assists off the bench, 1 of them on a basket by Porziņģis that tied the game and 1 on a basket by Porziņģis that put the Wizards ahead. With 4:34 left, Deni Avdija stole the ball from Malik Monk, and Satoransky’s 16-foot pull-up jumper off it put the Wizards ahead 113-111.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 18 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) and 10 rebounds, and Satoransky added 16 points and 6 assists off the bench. Porziņģis scored 16 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter. The Wizards had 7 players in double-digit scoring. Porziņģis and Satoransky set each other up for 5 baskets and 12 points, 4 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Lakers, LeBron James had 38 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, and Russell Westbrook added 22 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists on 10 for 15 shooting.
The Lakers forced 8 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Wizards outscored the Lakers 54-21 off the bench. The Wizards’ starters were outscored 35-22 in 11 minutes together.
Washington WizardsLos Angeles LakersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Wizards’ chance bottomed out at 10% (3rd quarter, 2:38 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
101 points from the field on 85 shots: 13.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-20 | 85.0% | 65% |
| In the paint | 3-12 | 25.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 11-22 | 50.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 2-9 | 22.2% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-22 | 50.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 20 | 6 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Russell Westbrook | 9 | 9 | 4-7 | +6 |
| Stanley Johnson | 9 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Austin Reaves | 5 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 3-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 55 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Reaves | 15 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Russell Westbrook | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Stanley Johnson | 8 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Talen Horton-Tucker | 7 | 3 | 0-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 27 | 9 | 3-8 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Anthony | 11 | 8 | 2-2 | +6 |
| Talen Horton-Tucker | 9 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Russell Westbrook | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| LeBron James | 8 | 5 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 0 | 0-5 | −4 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
WAS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
LAL
50/50
WAS
Highest Leverage Moments
Porzingis 18' Step Back Jump Shot (24 PTS)
Q4 1:36
19.5%
62→82
Porzingis 1' Dunk (22 PTS) (Satoransky 4 AST)
Q4 2:10
19.1%
43→62
Porzingis 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (16 PTS) (Satoransky 3 AST)
Q4 6:53
19.0%
37→56
Porzingis 2' Alley Oop Layup (13 PTS) (Smith 5 AST)
Q4 7:26
15.4%
40→55
James 2' Layup (38 PTS) (Westbrook 8 AST)
Q4 2:33
15.2%
58→43
