Washington Wizards 117, Los Angeles Lakers 119 — Recap

December 18, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 117, Los Angeles Lakers 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 29-30 LAL; Q2 WAS 23-36 LAL; Q3 WAS 36-21 LAL; Q4 WAS 29-32 LAL.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 33 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Bradley Beal (WAS) 29 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-17 shooting; Kyle Kuzma (WAS) 22 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Kristaps Porzingis (WAS) 21 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Lonnie Walker IV (LAL) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

33 PTS, 7 REB, 9 AST, 1 3PM · 13-24 FG

Scoring · WAS

Bradley Beal

29 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST · 9-17 FG

Scoring · WAS

Kyle Kuzma

22 PTS, 16 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 9-18 FG

Season highs

Kyle Kuzma · Season-high 16 reboundsThomas Bryant · Season-high 10 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
WAS	29	23	36	29		117
LAL	30	36	21	32		119

🧮 How They Scored

WASLAL

58Points in the paint66

14Fast-break points21

14Second-chance points10

9Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.6%Effective FG%56.0%

8.7%Turnover %8.1%

21.3%Offensive rebound %13.6%

0.253Free-throw rate0.239

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyle Kuzma F	40	22	16	2	1	1	3	9-18	3-9	1-2	-4
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	38	21	11	5	2	1	2	7-18	2-9	5-7	+5
Bradley Beal G	32	29	2	3	0	0	3	9-17	0-3	11-13	+1
Monte Morris G	29	7	2	4	1	0	0	3-10	1-5	0-0	-12
Daniel Gafford F	21	12	5	0	1	2	0	6-6	0-0	0-0	+11
Deni Avdija F	21	8	3	1	0	1	1	3-7	2-4	0-0	+2
Will Barton G	20	5	1	2	0	1	1	2-8	1-4	0-0	-2
Jordan Goodwin G	19	7	7	5	0	0	0	3-5	0-1	1-1	+10
Corey Kispert F	17	6	1	1	0	0	0	2-5	1-4	1-1	-14
Taj Gibson F	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	37	33	7	9	0	1	0	13-24	1-4	6-8	+10
Lonnie Walker IV G	34	21	3	1	1	0	0	7-12	2-4	5-5	-6
Austin Reaves G	34	12	4	2	1	1	1	4-5	2-2	2-2	+15
Thomas Bryant C	33	16	10	2	0	0	2	7-13	2-2	0-1	0
Dennis Schroder G	30	12	2	7	0	0	1	4-12	2-6	2-2	+7
Max Christie G	24	8	4	0	0	1	0	3-6	2-5	0-0	-2
Russell Westbrook G	23	9	9	8	1	1	3	4-12	0-2	1-4	-5
Damian Jones C	17	8	2	0	1	1	1	4-6	0-1	0-0	+3
Troy Brown Jr. F	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-12

🔬 Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Bradley Beal	Bench	32	29	63.8	33.8	+1.5	12.3
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	40	22	58.3	22.4	-4.7	13.8
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	38	21	49.8	24.7	+6.2	12.2
Daniel Gafford	Bench	21	12	100.0	11.5	+22.1	13.2
Deni Avdija	Bench	21	8	57.1	15.4	+6.6	6.8
Jordan Goodwin	Bench	19	7	64.3	10.4	+27.4	17.8
Monte Morris	Bench	29	7	35.0	14.3	-18.8	2.9
Corey Kispert	Bench	17	6	55.1	11.6	-44.2	4.8
Will Barton	Bench	20	5	31.3	18.0	-7.1	0.6
Anthony Gill	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vernon Carey Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Taj Gibson	Bench	4	0	0.0	14.3	-100.0	0.0
Devon Dotson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johnny Davis	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	37	33	60.0	31.8	+13.0	21.9
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	34	21	73.9	16.7	-7.6	11.8
Thomas Bryant	Bench	33	16	59.5	19.2	0.0	10.9
Dennis Schroder	Bench	30	12	46.6	20.9	+13.5	4.8
Austin Reaves	Bench	34	12	102.0	9.1	+20.8	10.7
Russell Westbrook	Bench	23	9	32.7	30.9	-9.8	11.8
Max Christie	Bench	24	8	66.7	10.9	-9.0	7.3
Damian Jones	Bench	17	8	66.7	17.5	+2.0	6.3
Scotty Pippen Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Patrick Beverley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kendrick Nunn	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Troy Brown Jr.	Bench	10	0	0.0	12.5	-48.0	-4.2