⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 5:43 · HOU 23-13 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis
Q3 6:51 · HOU 69-71 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:12 · HOU 65-62 LAL
- Technical
JaVale McGee technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:52 · HOU 68-69 LAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
