⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 25-8 off them
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 44
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 5:00 · LAL 28-24 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 1:56 · LAL 42-32 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q2 6:33 · LAL 65-44 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 19 | Threes made | 18 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
