⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q3 9:21 · LAL 85-69 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
Q2 4:09 · LAL 57-49 HOU
- Technical
Metta World Peace technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 9:45 · LAL 73-67 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 1:07 · LAL 68-64 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 30 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
