⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 41
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 took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q4 8:08 · HOU 74-67 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luther Head turnover
Q4 0:38 · HOU 84-76 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 0:42 · HOU 18-20 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:46 · HOU 13-10 IND
- Missed FT
Jermaine O'Neal misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:43 · HOU 75-70 IND
- Turnover
Jamaal Tinsley traveling
Q4 0:33 · HOU 84-76 IND
📊The numbers
| HOU | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
