⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Miller Double Technical Foul. Steve Francis gains possession.
Q3 6:22 · LAC 52-72 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:18 · LAC 2-9 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 7:03 · LAC 8-19 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q2 6:52 · LAC 24-50 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Posey missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 9:26 · LAC 70-90 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 13 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
