⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 16 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, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 74 points inside to 58- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 17-9 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brandon Boston Jr. steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 3:25 · LAC 100-105 HOU
- Turnover
Daniel Theis bad pass
Q4 2:07 · LAC 102-108 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 9:59 · LAC 55-58 HOU
- Steal
Boban Marjanovic stole it from Daniel Theis
Q4 2:07 · LAC 102-108 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q4 2:55 · LAC 102-116 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Boban Marjanovic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:44 · LAC 97-105 HOU
- Turnover
Boban Marjanovic bad pass
Q4 3:29 · LAC 100-105 HOU
- Turnover
Nate Williams bad pass
Q4 3:13 · LAC 100-105 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 31 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 74 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
