⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 22-8 off them
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 5:54 · HOU 20-16 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yao Ming traveling
Q4 2:15 · HOU 102-97 WSH
- Turnover
Yao Ming lost ball
Q4 0:28 · HOU 104-101 WSH
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:16 · HOU 105-103 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q4 10:26 · HOU 87-86 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q4 2:49 · HOU 102-101 WSH
- Steal
Jared Jeffries stole it from Yao Ming
Q4 0:28 · HOU 104-101 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Donell Taylor turnover
Q4 0:46 · HOU 104-101 WSH
📊The numbers
| HOU | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
