⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of nineteen from three- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 24-7 off them
- Gave up second chances, 21 offensive rebounds to their three
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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:39 · LAL 10-4 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 6:54 · LAL 65-56 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luke Kennard misses technical free throw
Q3 1:41 · LAL 72-63 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 1:05 · LAL 50-51 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Jae'Sean Tate technical foul
Q3 1:41 · LAL 71-63 HOU
📊The numbers
| LAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 29 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
