⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen- Made five threes to their fifteen
- Went cold from three, five of 25
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 4:01 · LAC 85-78 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Lou Williams lost ball turnover
Q4 1:52 · LAC 113-106 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:47 · LAC 7-12 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 8:53 · LAC 37-39 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 5:12 · LAC 74-78 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 15 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
