⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 7-point lead to 15
Q3 0:56 · HOU 69-54 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Yao Ming double technical foul
Q3 8:57 · HOU 52-40 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 3:58 · HOU 61-54 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 1:00 · HOU 15-16 BOS
- Technical
Ricky Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:10 · HOU 64-54 BOS
📊The numbers
| HOU | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
