⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
+12Q125-16
-6Q217-23
-2Q323-27
+8Q424-17
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
8Blocks0
5Offensive rebounds13
8Threes made3
3Steals7
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 0 |
