⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q2 11:48 · HOU 27-26 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 8:00 · HOU 35-27 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 4:54 · HOU 86-65 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 7:22 · HOU 8-20 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
