⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the third quarter- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 22-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:41 · BKN 11-8 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Kidd Lost Ball. Stolen by Steve Francis.
Q4 2:48 · BKN 74-81 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q3 0:00 · BKN 62-69 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q4 3:57 · BKN 74-87 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 6:18 · BKN 11-8 HOU
📊The numbers
| BKN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
