⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second 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 thirteen threes to their one- Won the glass, 39 rebounds to 28
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 29
Q4 3:55 · HOU 115-86 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q2 0:02 · HOU 70-57 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Bobby Simmons Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 8:19 · HOU 73-57 LAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 13 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
