⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
-2Q128-30
-10Q224-34
0Q331-31
+1Q423-22
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 33
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 20-6 off them
- Beaten inside, 42 points in the paint to 60
Key battles
6Points off turnovers20
11Steals4
8Turnovers15
13Free throws made22
🏀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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q2 2:09 · LAC 50-64 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul
Q4 6:10 · LAC 93-106 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 15 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
