⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q3 9:37 · TOR 48-49 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 8:55 · TOR 2-16 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Steve Francis flagrant foul type 1 (Carlos Delfino draws the foul)
Q4 4:39 · TOR 82-69 HOU
📊The numbers
| TOR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
