⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 27- A 21-0 run from level to 21 points up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dikembe Mutombo Technical Foul
Q3 5:24 · NY 49-69 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 21-0 run
A 21-0 run from level to 21 points up
Q1 11:18 · NY 2-23 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q4 1:50 · NY 78-111 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Kelvin Cato Technical Foul
Q3 6:52 · NY 46-66 HOU
📊The numbers
| NY | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
