⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 9:29 · HOU 43-23 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 35
Q3 4:33 · HOU 78-43 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 41-point deficit to 33
Q4 11:23 · HOU 92-59 PHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 26
Q4 8:22 · HOU 95-69 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 31 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
