⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 7:00 · HOU 8-17 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 6:01 · HOU 32-52 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 9:03 · HOU 76-95 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
