⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets 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.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:54 · HOU 78-78 LAL
- Turnover
Tyronn Lue Bad Pass
Q4 1:17 · HOU 78-79 LAL
- Turnover
Tyronn Lue Bad Pass
Q4 0:10 · HOU 79-82 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q3 9:51 · HOU 37-59 LAL
- Winner
Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:35 · HOU 78-79 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant Bad Pass. Stolen by Scott Padgett.
Q4 4:58 · HOU 76-75 LAL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:35 · HOU 78-79 LAL
- Missed FT
Lamar Odom missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:19 · HOU 79-82 LAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
