⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- They went cold, ten of 40 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 10
- A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 33
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q2 8:12 · HOU 45-30 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 7:17 · HOU 79-58 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Ime Udoka technical foul
Q2 10:10 · HOU 31-26 LAC
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dillon Brooks and Derrick Jones Jr.
Q2 0:34 · HOU 61-43 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 11:00 · HOU 31-30 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 19 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 31 | Assists | 12 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
