⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Wizards 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.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas misses technical free throw
Q3 9:56 · WSH 48-62 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:49 · WSH 2-10 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Stromile Swift flagrant foul type 1 (Antonio Daniels draws the foul)
Q4 3:41 · WSH 96-109 HOU
📊The numbers
| WSH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
