⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to eight
- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the first quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 20
Q4 1:46 · HOU 78-98 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q1 4:51 · HOU 16-23 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 11:09 · HOU 18-32 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 1:53 · HOU 31-51 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 13 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 9 |