⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Calvin Booth misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:59 · WSH 95-103 HOU
- Missed FT
Calvin Booth misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:59 · WSH 95-103 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luther Head double dribble
Q4 3:41 · WSH 95-103 HOU
- Turnover
Yao Ming bad pass
Q4 3:11 · WSH 97-103 HOU
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:12 · WSH 99-105 HOU
📊The numbers
| WSH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 12 |
