⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 38- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
A 16-0 run took them from 2 down to 14 up 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 2 down to 14 up
Q1 11:18 · LAL 16-2 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:43 · LAL 18-13 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 6:09 · LAL 18-14 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q3 5:33 · LAL 68-76 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 2:29 · LAL 73-86 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
