⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 23-11 off them- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 5
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 4:26 · LAL 31-16 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 8:42 · LAL 73-62 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Lamar Odom technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 0:29 · LAL 86-74 HOU
- Technical
Luke Walton double technical foul
Q3 0:29 · LAL 86-74 HOU
- Flagrant
Derek Fisher flagrant foul type 2 (Luis Scola draws the foul)
Q3 0:13 · LAL 86-75 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 6:01 · LAL 48-49 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Ron Artest technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:56 · LAL 94-84 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
