⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- Ran them off the floor, 13 fast break points to 0
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 40
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 3:24 · CHI 61-86 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 24
Q2 9:04 · CHI 28-52 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
