⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty
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 7 down to 1 up
Q1 10:00 · HOU 8-7 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 7:16 · HOU 48-39 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 2:58 · HOU 79-70 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · HOU 81-75 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 11:10 · HOU 39-39 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Craig Smith traveling
Q4 4:03 · HOU 68-68 MIN
- Turnover
Randy Foye bad pass
Q4 2:39 · HOU 74-70 MIN
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
