⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
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 5 down to 3 up
Q3 7:44 · HOU 75-72 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 8:25 · HOU 105-102 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Alperen Sengun out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:40 · HOU 111-115 LAL
- Turnover
Kevin Durant out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:19 · HOU 111-117 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 2:00 · HOU 24-32 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 0:15 · HOU 92-96 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 61% |
| 11 | Threes made | 15 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 30 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
