⏱️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
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 27-10 off them
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
Yao Ming Lost Ball. Stolen by Zach Randolph.
Q4 3:00 · HOU 85-79 POR
- Turnover
Steve Francis Double Dribble
Q4 0:13 · HOU 89-85 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 2:47 · HOU 23-20 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 11:00 · HOU 29-34 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Derek Anderson Lost Ball. Stolen by Cuttino Mobley.
Q4 4:58 · HOU 83-76 POR
- Missed FT
Derek Anderson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:42 · HOU 85-78 POR
- Turnover
Damon Stoudamire Bad Pass
Q4 3:16 · HOU 85-79 POR
📊The numbers
| HOU | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
