⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 7:01 · HOU 42-24 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bob Sura missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:01 · HOU 75-67 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Francis Traveling
Q4 4:09 · HOU 75-67 ORL
📊The numbers
| HOU | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 1 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
