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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 19 | 25 | 36 | 42 | 122 |
 Rockets | 27 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 116 |
LACTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 44-8055.0% | 12-2941.4% | 22-2684.6% | 41 | 19 | 9 |
| HOU | 45-9447.9% | 16-3743.2% | 10-1758.8% | 38 | 33 | 8 |
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LA Clippers122| 39 | 21 | 6-13 | 1-5 | 8-8 | 0 | +8 | +2.9 | |||||||
| 39 | 28 | 11-18 | 1-4 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | +9 | +11.0 | ||||||
| 39 | 21 | 7-15 | 4-9 | 0 | 3-3 | +9 | +1.7 | |||||||
| 27 | 15 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +3.4 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | −13 | −1.4 | |||||||
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| 29 | 12 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −1.3 | |||
| 20 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | +14 | +2.8 | ||||||
| 13 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.9 | ||||
| 10 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.4 | |||||
| 9 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.3 | |||||
| Team | 122 | 44-8055.0% | 12-2941.4% | 41 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 22-2684.6% | 8 | 5 | 8 | |||
Bench 34 points on 14 for 25 shooting
Did not play: P.J. Tucker, Xavier Moon and Brandon Boston (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets116| 42 | 23 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 3-8 | 0 | +2 | +10.0 | |||||||
| 39 | 15 | 5-14 | 4-9 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −1 | +2.1 | ||||||
| 38 | 11 | 5-10 | 1-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −3.6 | |||||
| 32 | 15 | 6-14 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0 | +2 | −5.7 | |||||||
| 29 | 19 | 6-11 | 4-6 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −20 | +2.8 | ||||||
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| 24 | 17 | 7-15 | 3-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.2 | ||||
| 18 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 8 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +3.3 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −3.4 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +0.8 | ||||
| Team | 116 | 45-9447.9% | 16-3743.2% | 38 | 33 | 8 | 21 | 10-1758.8% | 13 | 6 | 2 | |||
Bench 33 points on 13 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Nate Williams, Boban Marjanovic, Reggie Bullock Jr. and Jermaine Samuels Jr. (coach’s decision).
Clippers122Rockets116ClickTap 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.
Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points, and the LA Clippers rallied from 20 points down in the second quarter to beat the Houston Rockets 122-116.
The Clippers trailed 50-30 with 5:18 left in the second quarter and 57-44 at halftime. They outscored the Rockets 92-66 the rest of the way.
James Harden’s 2 free throws with 36.5 seconds left made it 120-112 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Clippers outscored the Rockets 15-6. Paul George scored 6 of the Clippers’ 15 on 1 for 1 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Alperen Sengun had 6 of his 14 assists, 4 with the game within 5 points.
Harden had 21 points (11 in the fourth quarter) and 7 assists, and George added 21 points. The Clippers had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Rockets, Sengun had 23 points, a season-high 19 rebounds and 14 assists, his fourth career triple-double.
The Clippers shot 55.0% from the field to the Rockets’ 47.9%. The Clippers outscored the Rockets 24-13 in 6 minutes with Harden, George, Leonard, Plumlee and Powell on the floor together.
LA ClippersHouston RocketsPS, 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 Clippers’ chance bottomed out at 5% (2nd quarter, 5:18 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
100 points from the field on 80 shots: 12.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-25 | 68.0% | 66% |
| In the paint | 7-14 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 8-12 | 66.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 7-11 | 63.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-18 | 27.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon Brooks | 23 | 6 | 3-6 | −2 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 21 | 12 | 5-7 | +4 |
| Jalen Green | 10 | 4 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 14 | 6-8 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 38 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon Brooks | 31 | 5 | 2-5 | −6 |
| Jalen Green | 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Fred VanVleet | 7 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Amen Thompson | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 4 | 1-3 | −4 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred VanVleet | 34 | 4 | 2-3 | −5 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 8 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Alperen Sengun | 8 | 7 | 1-3 | +5 |
| Jalen Green | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 8 | 4-8 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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
George 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Leonard 7 AST)
Q4 2:48
24.8%
59→34
Leonard 17' Pullup Jump Shot (27 PTS)
Q4 2:06
19.1%
34→15
Powell 26' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Harden 7 AST)
Q4 4:29
16.4%
79→62
Smith Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (VanVleet 8 AST)
Q4 1:54
16.1%
13→30
Whitmore 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Sengun 12 AST)
Q4 8:04
15.7%
73→88
