⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
+12Q127-13
+11Q233-21
+21Q342-19
-4Q421-25
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their two- Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their eleven
- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 33
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-12 off them
Key battles
15Threes made2
26Points off turnovers12
47%Three-point accuracy25%
32Assists17
📊The numbers
| HOU | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 15 | Threes made | 2 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 32 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
