⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q3 10:48 · LAL 55-57 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Gary Payton Technical Foul
Q2 0:15 · LAL 45-54 HOU
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant Bad Pass. Stolen by Maurice Taylor.
Q4 4:45 · LAL 81-86 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
