⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 27 from three
- Lived at the line, 47 free throws to their 33
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
- Gave up second chances, ten offensive rebounds to their three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 3:01 · OKC 72-84 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ronald Murray Offensive Foul
Q4 2:43 · OKC 94-100 HOU
- Turnover
Ronald Murray Foul
Q4 2:43 · OKC 94-100 HOU
- Missed FT
Ronald Murray missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:02 · OKC 107-111 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 10:55 · OKC 2-13 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 9:15 · OKC 57-72 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 6:31 · OKC 61-81 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mark Jackson Bad Pass
Q4 1:47 · OKC 94-100 HOU
- Turnover
Yao Ming Traveling
Q4 1:00 · OKC 98-102 HOU
- Missed FT
Mark Jackson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:24 · OKC 100-105 HOU
📊The numbers
| OKC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 37 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
