⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 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.
Rockets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q1 9:02 · HOU 18-4 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q1 0:05 · HOU 34-12 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 5:52 · HOU 62-46 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
