⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
-3Q122-28
+1Q224-19
+2Q325-22
-2Q421-23
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of fifteen from three- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eight
Key battles
67%Three-point accuracy22%
8Fast break points2
19Turnovers8
9Blocks4
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
