⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 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 sixteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 32 from three
- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
- Beaten inside, 52 points in the paint to 68
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 took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 7:32 · LAL 19-14 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses technical free throw
Q2 5:25 · LAL 50-49 HOU
- Missed FT
Josh Hart misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 9:47 · LAL 97-103 HOU
- Missed FT
Lance Stephenson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:36 · LAL 113-117 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 0:01 · LAL 28-37 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 0:45 · LAL 62-72 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 3:00 · LAL 113-120 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:35 · LAL 108-109 HOU
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 3:41 · LAL 108-110 HOU
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 3:41 · LAL 108-110 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 16 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
