⏱️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
▲ HOU better than we expected
-1Q132-30
0Q221-18
-1Q327-25
-1Q423-23
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 1 point worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to five- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 25
Key battles
14Offensive rebounds5
12Points off turnovers6
12Free throws made17
4Steals6
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 3:24 · HOU 98-92 OKC
📊The numbers
| HOU | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
