⏱️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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 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, 35 free throws to their eight- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 16-6 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
- Technical
Nene Hilario Double Technical Foul. Kelvin Cato gains possession.
Q2 7:43 · DEN 32-22 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 1:25 · DEN 44-46 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 1:52 · DEN 62-71 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Bad Pass. Stolen by Marcus Camby .
Q4 4:52 · DEN 72-79 HOU
- Missed FT
Steve Francis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:20 · DEN 81-88 HOU
📊The numbers
| DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 4 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 31 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 10 |
