⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their eighteen
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 54
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q1 2:02 · LAL 23-29 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 4:18 · LAL 67-73 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
D'Angelo Russell technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 9:18 · LAL 46-54 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 2:01 · LAL 68-81 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 71 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 23 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
