⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first 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 Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 23-6 off them
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 16-point lead to 25
Q4 8:48 · HOU 87-62 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q2 10:17 · HOU 39-28 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 25 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
