⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 30
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 8:26 · LAL 67-70 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:38 · LAL 23-25 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 10:02 · LAL 32-39 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 6:02 · LAL 67-79 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 1:13 · LAL 73-91 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 6 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 20 | Steals | 15 |
| 22 | Blocks | 23 |
