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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 26 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 96 |
 Rockets | 28 | 19 | 31 | 23 | 101 |
LACTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 44-9745.4% | 4-1822.2% | 4-850.0% | 45 | 16 | 9 |
| HOU | 35-9038.9% | 12-4129.3% | 19-2382.6% | 50 | 20 | 11 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Houston Rockets101| 36 | 19 | 9-16 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | +1 | +9.5 | ||||||
| 34 | 24 | 7-16 | 2-8 | 8-9 | +1 | +5.2 | ||||||||
| 33 | 5 | 2-10 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −5.9 | |||||
| 32 | 11 | 3-13 | 0-6 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −8.7 | ||||||
| 29 | 3 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | −3.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 23 | 8-13 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0 | +19 | +7.2 | |||||||
| 25 | 10 | 3-8 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0 | +22 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −2.9 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.6 | ||
| Team | 101 | 35-9038.9% | 12-4129.3% | 50 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 19-2382.6% | 16 | 4 | 9 | |||
Bench 39 points on 13 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Tarik Black, Ryan Anderson and Gerald Green (coach’s decision).
LA Clippers96| 40 | 29 | 13-24 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 39 | 20 | 10-18 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.3 | |||||
| 37 | 6 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −8.4 | ||||
| 36 | 14 | 6-18 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | −2 | −6.7 | |||||||
| 35 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | +1.3 | |||||
| 13 | 10 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +0.2 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.8 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.5 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −4.4 | ||||
| Team | 96 | 44-9745.4% | 4-1822.2% | 45 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 4-850.0% | 11 | 3 | 4 | |||
Bench 19 points on 8 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Sean Kilpatrick and Boban Marjanovic (coach’s decision).
Rockets101Clippers96ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Clint Capela had 19 points (18 in the paint) and 12 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets beat the LA Clippers 101-96.
Eric Gordon’s 30-foot 3-pointer put the Rockets ahead for good with 9:33 left in the fourth quarter.
The Clippers got within 83-82 on Sam Dekker’s 2 free throws with 9:15 to play, but Luc Mbah a Moute answered with a corner 3-pointer, and the Clippers got no closer than 98-96.
James Harden’s 20-foot step-back jumper with 29.4 seconds left made it 100-96, and his free throw with 6.2 seconds left put it away at 101-96.
Harden had 24 points (10 in the first quarter) and 7 assists, and Gordon added 23 points on 8 for 13 shooting off the bench.
For the Clippers, Tobias Harris had 29 points and 8 rebounds, and Austin Rivers added 20 points.
The Rockets went 19 for 23 at the line to the Clippers’ 4 for 8. The Clippers gave up 16 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Rockets missed. They outscored the Rockets 70-36 in the paint. The Rockets outscored the Clippers 38-20 in 13 minutes with Ariza, Gordon, Moute, Harden and Capela on the floor together.
Houston RocketsLA ClippersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Rockets’ chance bottomed out at 20% (3rd quarter, 7:03 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
82 points from the field on 90 shots: 18.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-34 | 50.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 1-8 | 12.5% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-7 | 71.4% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-18 | 22.2% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-23 | 34.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sindarius Thornwell | 43 | 15 | 5-11 | −2 |
| Lou Williams | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Tobias Harris | 6 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Austin Rivers | 4 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Rivers | 22 | 3 | 1-2 | −3 |
| Lou Williams | 12 | 3 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Milos Teodosic | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Sindarius Thornwell | 6 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 55 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAndre Jordan | 43 | 8 | 4-7 | −3 |
| Tobias Harris | 11 | 4 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Sindarius Thornwell | 4 | 4 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Montrezl Harrell | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
LAC
50/50
HOU
Highest Leverage Moments
Harden 20' Step Back Jump Shot (23 PTS)
Q4 0:29
22.9%
73→96
Rivers 1' Driving Layup (20 PTS)
Q4 0:53
18.9%
92→73
Harrell 1' Layup (10 PTS)
Q4 11:31
14.9%
77→62
Gordon 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Ariza 3 AST)
Q3 5:04
13.2%
34→47
Gordon 30' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
Q4 9:33
12.7%
53→66
