⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 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 nine threes to their three- Could not get to the line, 29 free throws to their 40
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 21-10 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 1:31 · LAC 19-21 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Corey Maggette missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 0:47 · LAC 13-21 HOU
- Technical
Predrag Drobnjak Technical Foul
Q2 7:39 · LAC 22-30 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:57 · LAC 3-12 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q1 1:54 · LAC 11-20 HOU
- Missed FT
Eric Piatkowski missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 7:39 · LAC 22-30 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
