⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their three- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 43
- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 4
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 25
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 10:19 · HOU 35-28 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 2:53 · HOU 72-58 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 11:23 · HOU 80-60 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Brian Cook technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:34 · HOU 51-48 LAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 12 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
