⏱️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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better 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, nine of sixteen from three- Kept giving it away, eleven turnovers 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.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 5:07 · HOU 20-17 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 1:51 · HOU 99-86 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Francis Lost Ball. Stolen by Karl Malone.
Q4 2:18 · HOU 90-84 LAL
- Technical
Steve Francis Double Technical Foul. Derek Fisher gains possession.
Q4 1:51 · HOU 92-86 LAL
- Missed FT
Steve Francis missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 1:07 · HOU 94-86 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 1 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
