⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
-6Q129-35
+11Q234-23
+14Q335-24
+6Q430-26
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 37 from three
- Beaten inside, 44 points in the paint to 60
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
6Offensive rebounds15
20Threes made9
54%Three-point accuracy30%
24Free throws made13
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 4:50 · LAC 92-75 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
| LAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 20 | Threes made | 9 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
