⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. 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, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 32
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 42
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Chris Kaman flagrant foul type 1 (James Harden draws the foul)
Q2 2:15 · LAL 43-55 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 1:55 · LAL 22-32 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 2:41 · LAL 43-64 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 35
Q4 6:03 · LAL 88-123 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 10:41 · LAL 3-4 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 14 | Threes made | 18 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 73 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 29 | Assists | 28 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 15 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
