⏱️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
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 35
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 11:07 · HOU 39-26 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:49 · HOU 90-82 ORL
- Technical
Yao Ming Technical Foul
Q4 2:49 · HOU 90-81 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q2 7:24 · HOU 42-40 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
