⏱️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
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 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 seven threes to their one- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fifteen
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 5:03 · LAC 15-23 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 6:07 · LAC 36-56 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q4 3:08 · LAC 77-103 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bobby Jackson misses technical free throw
Q3 8:34 · LAC 51-67 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 1 | Threes made | 7 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
