⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the fourth quarter- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 23
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q4 11:41 · HOU 70-56 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q2 10:00 · HOU 24-17 PHI
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Glenn Robinson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 10:00 · HOU 24-17 PHI
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
