⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 33- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 24-7 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:44 · HOU 12-4 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 9:25 · HOU 68-50 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Quentin Richardson misses technical free throw
Q1 6:24 · HOU 14-5 NY
- Missed FT
Stephon Marbury misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:45 · HOU 101-94 NY
📊The numbers
| HOU | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
