⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- They went cold, five of 22 from three
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
- Missed FT
Juwan Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:22 · HOU 109-102 MIA
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 15 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
