⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher 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, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, ten of seventeen from three
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 36
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 1:40 · LAL 59-48 HOU
- Ties it
Matt Barnes hit a 25-foot three jumper, Ramon Sessions with the assist
Q4 2:31 · LAL 99-99 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Andrew Bynum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:17 · LAL 75-79 HOU
- Technical
Andrew Bynum technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 11:17 · LAL 83-84 HOU
- Missed FT
Ramon Sessions misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:41 · LAL 94-93 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 5:31 · LAL 73-73 HOU
- Winner
Luis Scola hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:16 · LAL 99-100 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Chandler Parsons technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:26 · LAL 56-48 HOU
- Missed FT
Earl Boykins misses technical free throw
Q4 11:17 · LAL 83-84 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
