⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 3:13 · HOU 30-23 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 7:35 · HOU 110-87 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q4 5:03 · HOU 119-89 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 5:03 · HOU 19-21 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
