⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 33- Owned the paint, 80 points inside to 46
- A 12-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 23 in the third quarter
Key battles
5Offensive rebounds12
46Points in the paint80
41Rebounds64
38Fast break points29
🏀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
- Technical
Nick Young technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 4:05 · LAL 17-24 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 8:18 · LAL 6-16 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q3 10:52 · LAL 67-79 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 23
Q3 7:56 · LAL 71-94 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 38 | Assists | 33 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 80 |
| 38 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
