⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 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, 12 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, 28 free throws to their ten- A 12-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
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
- Technical
Stephen Silas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:30 · HOU 88-113 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:47 · HOU 5-14 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 26
Q3 0:30 · HOU 83-109 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
D'Angelo Russell misses technical free throw
Q2 3:24 · HOU 48-60 LAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 36 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
