⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their three- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q4 4:58 · BKN 71-89 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd misses technical free throw
Q1 3:15 · BKN 8-11 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 10:41 · BKN 16-30 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 9:15 · BKN 42-60 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q4 7:18 · BKN 62-89 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Juwan Howard flagrant foul type 1 (Josh Boone draws the foul)
Q3 2:33 · BKN 50-69 HOU
- Technical
Bonzi Wells technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:10 · BKN 59-73 HOU
📊The numbers
| BKN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 12 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
