⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fifteen
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
- Ties it
Yao Ming made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:00 · HOU 78-78 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:00 · HOU 79-80 OKC
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Lost Ball. Stolen by Brent Barry.
Q4 1:15 · HOU 79-83 OKC
- Turnover
Steve Francis Bad Pass. Stolen by Ray Allen.
Q4 0:09 · HOU 83-86 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- Winner
Brent Barry made Layup.
Q4 2:15 · HOU 78-80 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ray Allen 3 second
Q4 1:07 · HOU 79-83 OKC
- Missed FT
Jerome James missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:31 · HOU 81-83 OKC
- Missed FT
Ray Allen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:04 · HOU 83-86 OKC
📊The numbers
| HOU | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 16 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
