⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q1 1:49 · LAC 22-25 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 7:33 · LAC 6-17 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 18 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
