⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 25- A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their five
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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 10:09 · HOU 44-41 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q2 1:19 · HOU 67-71 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 23
Q4 4:31 · HOU 103-126 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:24 · HOU 11-11 LAC
- Technical
PJ Tucker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:41 · HOU 64-70 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 2:12 · HOU 28-31 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 7:47 · HOU 72-81 LAC
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26
Q3 0:11 · HOU 85-111 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Tobias Harris technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:24 · HOU 46-49 LAC
- Technical
Boban Marjanovic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:09 · HOU 105-131 LAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 15 | Threes made | 12 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
