⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, eight of fifteen from three
- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their five, and were outscored 17-7 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 6:01 · WSH 43-32 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 4:48 · WSH 64-70 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 0:42 · WSH 70-80 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
