⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 21 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
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first 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
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, nineteen turnovers to their 26, and outscored them 32-17 off them
- A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their four
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q1 10:30 · HOU 16-3 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q1 6:28 · HOU 25-5 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q4 6:09 · HOU 109-77 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 17 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
