⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 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 nine threes to their three- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady misses technical free throw
Q4 7:18 · HOU 79-70 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Ruben Patterson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:18 · HOU 79-70 DEN
📊The numbers
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 26 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
