⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 11:45 · BKN 41-48 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Vince Carter technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:03 · BKN 23-32 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
