⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
-2Q121-27
+6Q230-26
-11Q317-29
+13Q433-25
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of twenty from three- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 42
Key battles
10Steals3
15Points off turnovers6
38%Three-point accuracy60%
4Fast break points8
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
