⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 39
- Looked after the ball, twenty turnovers to their 28, and were outscored 42-13 off them
- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 52
- A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18 in the first 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18
Q1 2:10 · HOU 45-27 LAL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 37
Q3 0:45 · HOU 114-77 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 40
Q4 7:37 · HOU 123-83 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 7:18 · HOU 51-44 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 15 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 35 | Assists | 14 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 34 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 42 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 28 |
| 20 | Steals | 13 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
