⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 15-4 off them- A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up in the first quarter
- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 53
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:40 · BKN 11-0 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 12
Q3 6:35 · BKN 42-54 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up
Q1 1:07 · BKN 17-30 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 4:31 · BKN 27-45 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 31% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 12 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
