⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 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, 13 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 5:52 · HOU 13-11 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 9:44 · HOU 48-47 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Juwan Howard double technical foul
Q2 1:21 · HOU 32-41 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q3 5:33 · HOU 57-65 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 8:21 · HOU 65-81 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
