⏱️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
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twenty
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 5:16 · HOU 70-62 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Offensive Foul
Q4 4:43 · HOU 87-81 DEN
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Foul
Q4 4:43 · HOU 87-81 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q3 10:48 · HOU 56-58 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rodney White Lost Ball. Stolen by Glen Rice.
Q4 2:47 · HOU 91-85 DEN
📊The numbers
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 12 | Blocks | 2 |
