⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Cavaliers 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Lost Ball. Stolen by Dajuan Wagner.
Q4 3:40 · HOU 76-72 CLE
- Turnover
Steve Francis Bad Pass. Stolen by Carlos Boozer.
Q4 1:34 · HOU 81-76 CLE
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:06 · HOU 90-84 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:12 · HOU 39-39 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 4:35 · HOU 74-70 CLE
- Turnover
Dajuan Wagner Lost Ball. Stolen by Cuttino Mobley.
Q4 2:43 · HOU 78-74 CLE
📊The numbers
| HOU | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
