⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two
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
- Missed FT
Chris Kaman misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:23 · LAC 91-98 HOU
- Turnover
Shaun Livingston bad pass
Q4 0:06 · LAC 100-105 HOU
- Turnover
Corey Maggette bad pass
Q4 0:04 · LAC 100-106 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 11:19 · LAC 46-56 HOU
- Steal
Luther Head stole it from Shaun Livingston
Q4 0:06 · LAC 100-105 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rafer Alston bad pass
Q4 3:56 · LAC 87-94 HOU
- Missed FT
Luther Head misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:28 · LAC 98-102 HOU
- Missed FT
Luther Head misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:04 · LAC 100-105 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
