⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers 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.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 1:35 · LAC 29-24 HOU
- Steal
Chris Wilcox stole it from David Wesley
Q4 2:15 · LAC 84-78 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chris Kaman lost ball
Q4 4:11 · LAC 79-75 HOU
- Missed FT
Chris Kaman misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:27 · LAC 86-81 HOU
- Missed FT
Elton Brand misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:16 · LAC 87-81 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q3 3:57 · LAC 60-60 HOU
- Turnover
David Wesley bad pass
Q4 2:15 · LAC 84-78 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
