WE Recap - Wizards vs Lakers

	1	2	3	4	FINAL
Wizards	21	28	32	25	106
Lakers	29	35	19	18	101

Top Performers
Wizards			Lakers
Nick Young	PTS	19	Kobe Bryant	PTS	30
Trevor Booker	REB	17	Pau Gasol	REB	15
John Wall	AST	9	Steve Blake	AST	7
Shelvin Mack	STL	2	Kobe Bryant	STL	4
7 Tied	BLK	1	Pau Gasol	BLK	3
John Wall	TO	5	Andrew Bynum	TO	7
Roger Mason Jr	+/-	+16	Metta World Peace	+/-	+6

Wizards Player of the Game

Drum roll…

Trevor Booker, with a hat tip to Kevin Seraphin. Booker was everywhere. Hustling on what seemed to be every play and prompting his coach to say after the game, “I couldn’t take him out in the 2^nd half based on the way he was playing.”

Book had a monster game on the stat sheet with 18 points on 7 of 9 shooting and 17 rebounds but what makes him so valuable are the things that don’t show up in the box score, the effort and hustle plays.

WE’s to Watch/WE Spotlight

Andrew Bynum - I really thought Bynum was going to dominate in this game. Seeing him up close and in person, he looks all 285 they state he does in the press guide. Seraphin did a phenomenal job in the 2^nd half and helped keep the Lakers All Star Center to 6 rebounds and 7 turnovers.

JaVale McGee Had a relatively quiet 12 points and 12 rebounds in only 23 minutes. WE chose the right position, who would have known Seraphin would choose the Lakers to have his coming out party.

The Good

Dunks, three point shooting, Lakers, underdog upset, bloopers, hard fouls and a win against Kobe Bryant…that is plenty good.

The Bad

Jan Vesely got the dreaded “DNP – Coach’s Decision” on a night when every active Wizard player got burn. Not what Wizards fans want to see from the 6^th pick in the draft last year but I don’t expect this to be a trend moving forward….I hope.

The Ugly

Coach Randy Wittman Post Game Media

                         

Wizards vs Lakers Highlights courtesy @CsnWashington