⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the second quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 10:08 · HOU 14-4 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 6:00 · HOU 46-31 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 0:44 · HOU 52-49 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Elton Brand Technical Foul. Brand's 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 2:55 · HOU 26-17 LAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
