⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 42
- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 27-16 off them
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 cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q3 0:52 · HOU 76-97 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q4 7:31 · HOU 87-109 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Christian Wood and Montrezl Harrell
Q3 7:30 · HOU 56-83 LAL
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:40 · HOU 79-100 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q1 7:14 · HOU 10-28 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q1 2:56 · HOU 14-39 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q4 9:40 · HOU 79-109 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 12 |
