⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their one- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 23 from three
- A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20 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.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 6:13 · LAC 16-19 HOU
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20
Q4 6:16 · LAC 82-102 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 1 | Threes made | 12 |
| 7% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 0 |
