⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
-9Q115-27
-8Q221-30
+1Q324-21
-5Q419-24
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 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 eight threes to their two- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
2Blocks10
24Points off turnovers9
2Threes made8
21Free throws made12
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 15
Q3 4:48 · LAC 60-75 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 10 |
