⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q1 0:08 · DEN 23-35 HOU
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:30 · DEN 55-60 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 5:05 · DEN 14-27 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 6:24 · DEN 63-78 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Juwan Howard misses technical free throw
Q2 0:30 · DEN 55-60 HOU
📊The numbers
| DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 14 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
