⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. 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
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 19-9 off them
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
- Steal
Juwan Howard stole it from Vladimir Radmanovic
Q4 0:12 · HOU 106-102 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:13 · HOU 95-88 LAC
- Turnover
Rafer Alston bad pass
Q4 0:51 · HOU 103-97 LAC
- Missed FT
David Wesley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:18 · HOU 106-102 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 9:10 · HOU 63-56 LAC
- Steal
Chris Kaman stole it from Rafer Alston
Q4 0:51 · HOU 103-97 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Sam Cassell lost ball
Q4 3:50 · HOU 95-88 LAC
- Turnover
Vladimir Radmanovic bad pass
Q4 0:12 · HOU 106-102 LAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
