⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 21 from three
- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their thirteen
- A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the fourth quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q4 6:26 · HOU 94-88 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q3 8:30 · HOU 58-61 OKC
- Missed FT
Terence Morris missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:13 · HOU 101-98 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 10:52 · HOU 26-31 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 9:03 · HOU 81-88 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
