⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their three- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 30
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the first quarter
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 cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 8:29 · HOU 36-37 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q4 9:45 · HOU 96-72 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Tracy McGrady Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 6:05 · HOU 102-76 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q1 9:07 · HOU 4-18 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 15 | Threes made | 3 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 32 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 1 |
