⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 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 five
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the third quarter
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 8:32 · HOU 39-29 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 4:33 · HOU 100-86 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Rafer Alston double technical foul
Q4 0:43 · HOU 103-90 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q3 11:27 · HOU 59-56 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Lamar Odom technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:27 · HOU 32-29 LAL
- Technical
Vladimir Radmanovic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:33 · HOU 54-44 LAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 73 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
