⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Rockets 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 8 down to 3 up
Q4 11:27 · HOU 71-68 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Francis Bad Pass
Q4 2:03 · HOU 75-82 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 0:01 · HOU 46-45 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 3:31 · HOU 75-86 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Kidd Bad Pass. Stolen by Cuttino Mobley.
Q4 3:57 · HOU 73-78 BKN
📊The numbers
| HOU | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
