⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 49 free throws to their 29- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 38
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 16-8 off them
A 18-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 14 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 8:11 · HOU 23-9 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q1 4:00 · HOU 36-14 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 14
Q2 8:44 · HOU 50-36 LAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 9
Q4 6:05 · HOU 101-92 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses technical free throw
Q2 10:36 · HOU 41-17 LAC
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:28 · HOU 67-58 LAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
