⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 18-4 off them- Went cold from three, three of sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
10 second
Q4 1:11 · HOU 84-76 MIN
- Missed FT
Steve Francis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:38 · HOU 86-79 MIN
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Bad Pass
Q4 0:00 · HOU 89-83 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 5:36 · HOU 80-75 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wally Szczerbiak missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:14 · HOU 80-73 MIN
- Turnover
Anthony Peeler Lost Ball. Stolen by Steve Francis.
Q4 2:01 · HOU 82-75 MIN
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:19 · HOU 84-76 MIN
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
