⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 14 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
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 26
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Sam Cassell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:37 · LAC 74-91 HOU
- Technical
Sam Cassell technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 0:37 · LAC 74-91 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
