⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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, 14 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their 21
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 30-19 off them
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 stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 6:04 · HOU 108-83 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Alperen Sengun misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 5:41 · HOU 76-57 LAL
- Technical
Double technical foul - Aaron Holiday and Adou Thiero
Q4 1:11 · HOU 113-94 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 7:25 · HOU 100-83 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Deandre Ayton flagrant foul type 2
Q3 5:41 · HOU 76-57 LAL
- Technical
Jaxson Hayes technical foul
Q3 3:23 · HOU 78-59 LAL
- Technical
Double technical foul - Maxi Kleber and Josh Okogie
Q4 3:21 · HOU 111-86 LAL
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
