⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 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 fourteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 28 from three
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 3:45 · HOU 48-44 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 0:14 · HOU 85-72 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Alperen Sengun out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 2:31 · HOU 94-87 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 4:51 · HOU 94-87 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
