Los Angeles Lakers @ Washington Wizards
Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC | Game ID: 22400674
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
WAS 29 16 25 26 96LAL 42 36 27 29 134
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LeBron helps Lakers build big lead, then Bronny plays whole 4th quarter of 134-96 rout of Wizards
WASHINGTON -- — LeBron James had 24 points and 11 assists before resting for the final quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers ' 134-96 rout of the Washington Wizards on Thursday night.
While James sat out, his son Bronny played the whole fourth quarter and scored a career-high five points — a development that delighted the crowd, even on the road.
It was the 16th consecutive loss for Washington, tying a franchise record. It's the second time this season the Wizards have dropped that many in a row.
This one was never close after the first few minutes, even though the Lakers were missing Anthony Davis because of an abdominal muscle strain. Washington was without rookie Alex Sarr , who had a sprained left ankle.
Los Angeles has won five of six, rebounding from a 14-point loss at Philadelphia on Tuesday night.
This was the Lakers' most lopsided victory this season, surpassing their 111-88 win over the Wizards just over a week ago.
With the Lakers up by 39 and 1:25 remaining, Los Angeles rookie Dalton Knecht was called for two technical fouls — apparently for arguing — and ejected.
Jordan Poole led the Wizards with 19 points.
Takeaways Lakers: LeBron James was questionable because of left foot issues, so Los Angeles was probably happy to give him the final quarter off with a big lead.
Wizards: Washington trailed 78-45 at halftime, the most points the Wizards have allowed in the first half all season.
Key moment The crowd was chanting for Bronny James well before he finally went in. He shot 1 of 6 from the field, but he finally made it into the scoring column with a driving layup while being fouled by Tristan Vukcevic with 2:48 play. James converted the free throw for a three-point play.
Key stat The Wizards became the fifth team to lose at least 16 straight games on multiple occasions in a season, according to Sportradar.
Up next The Lakers have two games left on their road trip. They play at New York on Saturday. Washington is at Minnesota on Saturday night.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LALAR A. Reaves
BJ B. James
CK C. Koloko
DK D. Knecht
JH J. Hayes
JV J. Vanderbilt
LJ L. James
MC M. Christie
RH R. Hachimura
SM S. Milton
TJ T. Jemison III
WASAG A. Gill
BC B. Carrington
BC B. Coulibaly
CK C. Kispert
JB J. Butler
JC J. Champagnie
JD J. Davis
JP J. Poole
JV J. Valančiūnas
KG K. George
KK K. Kuzma
PB P. Baldwin Jr.
RH R. Holmes
TV T. Vukcevic
LAL/WAS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur