National Basketball Association
Washington 116, L.A. Lakers 107
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials:
#26 Pat Fraher, #31 Scott Wall, #43 Matt Myers
Attendance:
2133
By Field Level Media
Russell Westbrook had a triple-double, Bradley Beal scored 27 points and the Washington Wizards beat the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 116-107 on Wednesday.
Westbrook finished with 18 points, 18 rebounds and 14 assists for his 30th triple-double of the season. Alex Len had 18 points and nine rebounds for Washington (28-34), which has won 11 of 13 and currently holds the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference.
Anthony Davis led the Lakers (36-26) with 26 points. Andre Drummond had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers, who have lost four of five.
The Lakers shot 43.8 percent (42 of 96) from the field and were outrebounded 50-41.
Los Angeles trailed by six at halftime and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's 3-pointer pulled the Lakers within 69-67 with 7:52 left in the third quarter. But Raul Neto's 3-pointer kicked off a 16-2 Wizards run, capped by Beal's 3-pointer and Len's free throw, which made it 85-69. The Lakers went scoreless for just over four minutes.
Ish Smith's 3-pointer pushed the lead to 90-74 and the margin was 13 after three quarters.
The Wizards increased the lead to 19 points early in the fourth quarter when Westbrook got a rebound and hit Smith ahead of the pack for a dunk with 9:11 remaining.
Davis hit a trey to get the Lakers within 102-89 midway through the fourth quarter and dunks by Ben McLemore and Davis made it 102-93 with 5:29 remaining.
Westbrook hit a driving layup to push the lead back to 11 and, after a Lakers miss, Beal hit a step-back 3-pointer to make it 112-98 with 3:11 remaining.
Markieff Morris' jumper gave the Lakers a 45-41 lead midway through the second quarter, but Lopez scored eight straight points to put the Wizards up by four.
Beal's pull-up jumper gave the Wizards their biggest lead of the half, 57-49.
Beal, who finished 11-of-18 from the field, had 15 points in the first half, and Montrezl Harrell led the Lakers with 12.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| L.A. Lakers |
|
Washington |
|
Anthony Davis 26 |
Scoring |
Bradley Beal 27 |
|
Kyle Kuzma 8 |
Assists |
Russell Westbrook 14 |
|
Andre Drummond 11 |
Rebounds |
Russell Westbrook 18 |
|
Anthony Davis 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Rui Hachimura 4 |
|
Anthony Davis 3 |
Steals |
Russell Westbrook 2 |
|
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 2 |
Blocks |
Alex Len 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| L.A. Lakers
|
107 |
43.8 |
10-34 |
13-21 |
31 |
41 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
| Washington
|
116 |
52.2 |
6-18 |
16-21 |
24 |
50 |
4 |
6 |
14 |
Upcoming Games
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Washington will play their next game on the road against Cleveland. The Wizards have a W/L % of .536 after a win and .382 after a loss.
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L.A. Lakers will play their next game at home against Sacramento. The Lakers have a W/L % of .568 after a win and .600 after a loss.
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