⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 32
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 7:11 · HOU 47-25 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 1:00 · HOU 57-36 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses technical free throw
Q3 7:26 · HOU 65-43 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q3 7:26 · HOU 65-43 LAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
