⏱️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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the first quarter- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 8:42 · HOU 40-40 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kenyon Martin Jr. out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:31 · HOU 101-107 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q1 7:09 · HOU 5-23 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 5:41 · HOU 71-78 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 1:28 · HOU 79-88 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
