⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 25- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 52
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul
Q4 3:36 · LAL 89-106 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 8:25 · LAL 58-81 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q4 4:01 · LAL 89-113 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 25 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
