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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 35 | 23 | 33 | 26 | 117 |
 Clippers | 36 | 35 | 34 | 29 | 134 |
HOUTeam statsLAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 45-8851.1% | 20-4050.0% | 7-1070.0% | 36 | 24 | 13 |
| LAC | 48-9053.3% | 19-3751.4% | 19-19100.0% | 43 | 33 | 11 |
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LA Clippers134| 38 | 22 | 9-22 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | +19 | +1.4 | |||||||
| 37 | 35 | 10-18 | 5-11 | 10-10 | 0 | +11 | +16.0 | |||||||
| 35 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −5.6 | |||||||
| 35 | 20 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +18 | +10.0 | ||||||
| 31 | 9 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +23 | +2.0 | |||||||
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| 29 | 16 | 5-11 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 0 | +6 | +1.9 | |||||||
| 13 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −1 | −0.5 | |||||
| 10 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +1.7 | ||
| 9 | 15 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +9.3 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −0.3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 | |
| Team | 134 | 48-9053.3% | 19-3751.4% | 43 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 19-19100.0% | 11 | 10 | 3 | |||
Bench 40 points on 13 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Patrick Baldwin Jr. (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets117| 37 | 20 | 7-14 | 6-10, Career high (his best before, 5) | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −23 | +0.7 | ||||||
| 34 | 11 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −5 | +4.1 | ||||||
| 32 | 14 | 6-12 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −1.9 | ||||||
| 27 | 17 | 7-12 | 2-4 | 1-2 | −20 | +3.2 | ||||||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −7.0 | |||
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| 20 | 16 | 6-13 | 4-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +4.0 | |||||
| 19 | 19 | 7-9 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +8.2 | ||||||
| 17 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +0.4 | |||||
| 16 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.6 | |||||
| 14 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −0.9 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −3.2 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.1 | ||
| Team | 117 | 45-8851.1% | 20-4050.0% | 36 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 7-1070.0% | 7 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 50 points on 19 for 36 shooting
Did not play: Steven Adams (coach’s decision).
Clippers134Rockets117ClickTap 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.
James Harden had 35 points and 10 assists, and the LA Clippers beat the Houston Rockets 134-117 for their sixth straight win.
The Clippers took control with a 25-10 run bridging the second and third quarters and led by as many as 19.
Kawhi Leonard had 22 points (14 in the paint), 10 rebounds and 3 steals, and Ivica Zubac added 20 points (18 in the paint), 11 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists on 9 for 13 shooting, his first career triple-double. The Clippers had 3 20-point scorers. Harden and Zubac set each other up for 9 baskets and 20 points.
For the Rockets, Reed Sheppard scored 20 points with 6 3-pointers, and Jeff Green added 19 points on 7 for 9 shooting off the bench.
The Clippers went 19 for 19 at the line to the Rockets’ 7 for 10. The Rockets made 20 3-pointers, 6 of them by Sheppard and 4 by Aaron Holiday. They got 7 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Clippers’ starters outscored the Rockets 56-45 in 18 minutes 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
115 points from the field on 90 shots: 15.6 more 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 | 17-28 | 60.7% | 66% |
| In the paint | 10-19 | 52.6% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 2-6 | 33.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 7-11 | 63.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-26 | 46.2% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Whitmore | 16 | 8 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Nate Williams | 14 | 13 | 5-6 | +8 |
| Reed Sheppard | 9 | 5 | 1-4 | +2 |
| Aaron Holiday | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 7 | 1-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 35 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tari Eason | 30 | 7 | 3-4 | −3 |
| Jeff Green | 10 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Reed Sheppard | 9 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Cam Whitmore | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 11 | 5-13 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jock Landale | 34 | 4 | 2-3 | −5 |
| N'Faly Dante | 9 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Cam Whitmore | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Tari Eason | 4 | 2 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 4-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 17 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.
LAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
HOU
50/50
LAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Sheppard 27' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q4 10:57
11.4%
89→77
Bogdanović 27' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Dunn 3 AST)
Q4 10:41
11.4%
77→89
Je. Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Landale 3 AST)
Q2 11:24
11.1%
58→47
Batum 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Leonard 2 AST)
Q2 11:02
11.1%
47→58
Jones Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Harden 8 AST)
Q3 1:58
8.7%
82→91
