⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 25
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:44 · NY 82-90 HOU
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:16 · NY 88-96 HOU
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · NY 90-96 HOU
📊The numbers
| NY | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
