⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 30
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Alperen Sengun traveling
Q4 4:37 · HOU 113-115 LAL
- Missed FT
Christian Wood misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:22 · HOU 115-117 LAL
- Turnover
Eric Gordon out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:32 · HOU 116-122 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 5:24 · HOU 18-23 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 0:29 · HOU 92-103 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 16 | Threes made | 14 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
