⏱️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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of eighteen from three
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 5:54 · HOU 59-53 BKN
- Lead
Juwan Howard made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Tracy McGrady.
Q4 1:00 · HOU 81-79 BKN
- Lead
Juwan Howard made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Bob Sura.
OT 4:37 · HOU 83-81 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yao Ming Offensive Foul. Ming's 6th Personal Foul, Houston's 10th Team Foul.
Q4 1:20 · HOU 79-77 BKN
- Turnover
Yao Ming Foul
Q4 1:20 · HOU 79-77 BKN
- Turnover
Bob Sura Bad Pass. Stolen by Jason Kidd.
OT 4:05 · HOU 83-81 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 8:44 · HOU 3-17 BKN
- Ties it
Nenad Krstic made dunk. Assisted by Vince Carter.
Q4 0:24 · HOU 81-81 BKN
- Ties it
Jason Kidd made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Nenad Krstic.
OT 3:14 · HOU 83-83 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vince Carter missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:41 · HOU 74-72 BKN
- Missed FT
Travis Best missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 3:41 · HOU 74-72 BKN
- Turnover
Jabari Smith Bad Pass. Stolen by Bob Sura.
Q4 0:00 · HOU 81-81 BKN
📊The numbers
| HOU | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
