⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
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
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jim Jackson Technical Foul
Q3 10:51 · HOU 50-42 DEN
- Technical
Maurice Taylor Technical Foul
Q3 1:30 · HOU 70-57 DEN
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q4 2:24 · HOU 95-75 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
