⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q4 10:04 · LAC 103-92 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Reggie Jackson flagrant foul type 1
Q2 9:43 · LAC 33-37 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenyon Martin Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:17 · LAC 66-74 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
