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Lakers vs. Wizards Instant Recap – 03/22/13
Here’s the instant recap of the Lakers’ 103-100 loss against the Washington Wizards, sourced by tweets.
Storified by Lakerholicz · Fri, Mar 22 2013 22:00:52
FIRST QUARTER GAMETIME! #letsgolakersLakerholicz
#pauback #paureboundLakerholicz
#pautomettaforthreelolLakerholicz
Kobe-Pau pick and roll draws the attention, Howard gets the ball inside and is fouled.Lakerholicz
Lakers defense is pretty good early. Wizards still haven’t scored 2+ minutes in. Then Kobe hits a shot.Lakerholicz
Pau wins a tip off a jump ball, Kobe grabs the ball, puts it into Dwight and he scores on the and-one. Lakers lead 10-6.Lakerholicz
Dwight with the bounce pass to Pau for the lay-in!Lakerholicz
Nash hit a floating jumper, then Jamison got an offensive rebound and scored inside. Lakers lead 16-6 at the timeout.Lakerholicz
Just like we saw Andrew Bynum make some nice passes while in L.A. thanks to playing with Gasol, we’ve seen a little of that from Dwight too.Lakerholicz
Kobe finds Dwight in the lane, he finishes with a nice little hook shot. Then Blake hits the pull-up.Lakerholicz
Jamison hits a longgggg two with his foot on the three-point line. Pau rested for a few minutes, Dwight then rests and Pau will return.Lakerholicz
Lakers lead 22-14 at the timeout.Lakerholicz
Blake with a pretty behind the back pass to Jamison for the easy lay-in under the rim. That was nice.Lakerholicz
The Wizards coach gets T’d up, so Meeks heads to the line and knocks down the tech free throw: he hit a couple FT a few trips back, too.Lakerholicz
Lakers up 27-17.Lakerholicz
Pau looking pretty active. Then Blake with another nice pass, this time he finds Meeks for the layup as he cuts. Then Meeks for three!Lakerholicz
Jamison for three before the buzzer! Lakers lead 35-19 after one quarter.Lakerholicz
Dwight has 7 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. 2 and 5 for Pau. Kobe has 5 assists. Jamison scored 9 off the bench.Lakerholicz
Meeks put up 8 points in 3 minutes!Lakerholicz
SECOND QUARTER MWP for threeeeeee!Lakerholicz
Lakers up 38-21 with 8:53 left in the first half.Lakerholicz
Nash with the nice feed, finds Clark for the slam. Then Clark hits the three! Lakers up 43-27.Lakerholicz
Dwight hits a 17-for set shot, Nene answers with a slam. Nash then flips in a nice finger roll, Wall answers. Lakers up 47-31 at timeout.Lakerholicz
Blake misses, Kobe rebounds, passes to Dwight, who swings to Blake for three!Lakerholicz
Then Kobe drills the pull-up.Lakerholicz
MWP blocks the three-point attempt out of bounds. Lakers lead 52-36 with 2:24 left in the first half.Lakerholicz
VIDEO: Steve Blake uses the pretty behind-the-back pass to find Jamison for the layup. <a href="http://t.co/K8dRuuszAI" class="">lakerholicz.com/video-steve-bl…</a>Lakerholicz
MWP held the ball and everyone stood still, apart from Jamison: he cut to the rim, MWP found him and Antawn finished at the hoop.Lakerholicz
Lakers up 57-41 with a few ticks left in the first half.Lakerholicz
Kobe misses at the buzzer, Lakers lead 57-41 at halftime. They held the Wizards to 36% shooting, while L.A. shot 53%.Lakerholicz
Kobe took just 5 shots, but has 6 assists. Gasol grabbed 8 rebounds in 11 minutes. Dwight has 12, 8 boards and 3 assists. 11 for Jamison.Lakerholicz
Yep. RT @dparks24: Everyone saying "Its just the Wiz" should realize the Wiz have beat Heat/Thunder/Knicks/Nets/Clips ….oh & DEN twiceLakerholicz
THIRD QUARTER Wizards had a 3-on-1, Nash got back and caused a missed layup. Kobe then drove inside on the other end and found Dwight for the slam.Lakerholicz
Dwight with a block, then he fouls on the next play as he picks up his third foul.Lakerholicz
Kobe to Dwight AGAIN for the alley-oop slam!Lakerholicz
Pauuuuuuuuuuuuuu.Lakerholicz
All of a sudden, Wizards are down just 12.Lakerholicz
Make that Wizards down just 10 after the turnover and dunk for Washington. Timeout Lakers.Lakerholicz
MWP with a charge out of the timeout. Wizards cut it to 6.Lakerholicz
Dwight then uses a nice baseline move to get by his man and finish off the glass. Nash then drills the three and gives Kobe the assist!Lakerholicz
That’s 10 assists now for Kobe. Lakers lead 68-57 with 5:16 left in the third quarter.Lakerholicz
Kobe’s turn-around jumper rattles in. Dwight then picks up his fourth foul but stays in the game.Lakerholicz
Kobe to Dwight AGAIN. This time Howard finishes off the glass. The duo is working.Lakerholicz
Jamison just tried to put the Wizards on a poster. Jamison didn’t put the Wizards on a poster.Lakerholicz
Ariza hits a three. Wizards down 2. This isn’t a typo.Lakerholicz
Kobe!Lakerholicz
Lakers up 74-72 after three qwuarters. Kobe has 11 assists, but he also has 6 turnovers. Little rusty in his first game back.Lakerholicz
FOURTH QUARTER Wall ties it up to open the fourth, then Meeks answers with a three.Lakerholicz
Meeeeeeeeks!Lakerholicz
Yeahhhh Lakers you might not want to leave shooters open. #justsayinLakerholicz
Wizards lead by 2. Lakers call timeout. I collapse on the floor.Lakerholicz
Kobe draws a shooting foul out of the timeout and hits two free throws. He ties it until Washington answers. Then Kobe draws another foul.Lakerholicz
Antawn Jamison has hurt his wrist and will get an x-ray after the game. SMH.Lakerholicz
#nashcashLakerholicz
KOBEEEE! Reverse slam! #ankleareyouokayareyouokayankleLakerholicz
#LOLMettaLakerholicz
Meeks hits a three after MWP finds him off a horrible looking possession. Meeks then misses an open three. Lakers up 89-86.Lakerholicz
Ariza hits another three and Washington go up 2 until MWP answers from deep!Lakerholicz
(Looks like Pau’s gonna be benched again down the stretch)Lakerholicz
TREVOR THA TROLL.Lakerholicz
Kobe! And-one!Lakerholicz
Kobe misses the free throw, game still tied until Kobe hits a pull-up the next trip down. Lakers lead by 2 with 2:50 left in the game.Lakerholicz
Nene called for travelling out of the timeout. Kobe then draws a foul on Ariza away from the basket, Wizards are over the limit.Lakerholicz
Kobe goes 1-of-2 at the line. Lakers up 3. Nene then scores over Dwight. Kobe’s pull-up is too long.Lakerholicz
Lakers up 1. Nene scores over Howard again and the Wizards take the lead.Lakerholicz
Kobe pull-up in the paint is short. Nene hacked as he attacks the rim and going to the line.Lakerholicz
Nene makes 1-of-2 free throws. Wizards lead by 2 with 43 seconds left.Lakerholicz
MWP brings it up and charges through Nene. Offensive foul…Lakerholicz
Wall misses, Dwight rebound. Timeout Lakers with 16 second left, down by 2.Lakerholicz
Lot of candidates for that one. RT @makanahut: @Lakerholicz would this be worst loss of year?Lakerholicz
Kobe gets the ball. Uses the Dwight pick. Kobe for the tie. Off.Lakerholicz
The shot by Kobe went in-and-out, then Wall ended up with the ball and was fouled.Lakerholicz
Wall hits both free throws. Wizards up 4 with 4 seconds remaining.Lakerholicz
KOBE FOR THREE.Lakerholicz
How many times is he going to do this?Lakerholicz
Lakers down 1 with 2.3 left. Wizards ball.Lakerholicz
"Damn Kobe" is trending worldwide.Lakerholicz
Wow. Wizards JUST call a timeout before the five second inbound call.Lakerholicz
Wizards get it into Wall and Lakers have to foul. Wall makes both free throws. No timeouts for Lakers. Kobe got a good look for 3, off.Lakerholicz
With just over a second left, Dwight made a 3/4 court pass to Kobe. Bryant got a good look but it was off to the right.Lakerholicz
Lakers blow an 18 point lead and lose 103-100.Lakerholicz
What a bad loss from the Lakers. They better regroup..Jared Lim
Am I surprised that the #Lakers blew the lead? No. Surprised that they lost? Not at all.Adam
Lakers blew it..Si Carlo
