⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 26 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, eight of fourteen from three- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 32
- A 20-0 run took them from 1 down to 19 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 24-13 off them
- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 27
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 cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 7:52 · HOU 83-96 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run took them from 1 down to 19 up
Q2 5:56 · HOU 43-62 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
