⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 33- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 30
A 12-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 19 in the fourth quarter
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:41 · LAL 8-0 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q2 2:59 · LAL 51-26 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Andrew Bynum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:35 · LAL 37-19 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 19
Q4 2:14 · LAL 89-70 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |