⏱️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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their eight- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fourteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Bonzi Wells technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:26 · HOU 89-84 OKC
- Missed FT
Luther Head misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · HOU 108-100 OKC
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · HOU 110-102 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
