⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fifteen- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 19-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Posey Bad Pass. Stolen by Cuttino Mobley.
Q4 1:14 · DEN 71-75 HOU
- Missed FT
Nikoloz Tskitishvili missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:13 · DEN 73-79 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 5:20 · DEN 65-70 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Maurice Taylor Technical Foul
Q2 2:17 · DEN 35-37 HOU
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:31 · DEN 67-71 HOU
- Missed FT
Steve Francis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:45 · DEN 69-72 HOU
📊The numbers
| DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 13 |
