⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHI better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the 76ers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 20-8 off them- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 37
- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 55
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 8:06 · PHI 33-34 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 2:31 · PHI 36-47 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 9:04 · PHI 44-60 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
David Wesley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:09 · PHI 33-34 HOU
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · PHI 81-87 HOU
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:15 · PHI 81-87 HOU
📊The numbers
| PHI | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 11 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 16 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
