⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 45- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 6:31 · HOU 41-28 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q2 4:01 · HOU 52-30 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 10:45 · HOU 83-57 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Martin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:20 · HOU 20-13 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Randy Foye misses technical free throw
Q1 2:20 · HOU 20-13 LAC
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:39 · HOU 52-32 LAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
