⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of twenty from three- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 20-5 off them
- Owned the paint, 32 points inside to 0
- Lost the glass, 43 rebounds to 56
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 dragged them back level
Q1 8:07 · HOU 13-13 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Ron Artest flagrant foul type 2 (Pau Gasol draws the foul)
Q4 0:43 · HOU 94-102 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Luke Walton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:03 · HOU 38-42 LAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
