⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their eleven- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 25-7 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 0
- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to six
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 10:15 · HOU 34-19 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 34
Q4 9:12 · HOU 91-57 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 26
Q4 2:42 · HOU 103-77 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 1 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
