⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower 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, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers 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.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 6:48 · LAC 54-54 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dan Dickau misses technical free throw
Q4 4:31 · LAC 67-83 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 11:06 · LAC 61-71 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 8:45 · LAC 63-81 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 12 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
