⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 21 from three
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 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 3:35 · HOU 36-39 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Dikembe Mutombo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 11:10 · HOU 18-21 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike James misses technical free throw
Q1 4:26 · HOU 9-14 TOR
- Missed FT
Matt Bonner misses technical free throw
Q2 3:15 · HOU 30-39 TOR
📊The numbers
| HOU | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
