⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHI better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the 76ers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 36
- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q1 7:31 · PHI 6-21 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q1 2:03 · PHI 15-37 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 32-point lead to 42
Q4 8:27 · PHI 63-105 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHI | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 10 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
