⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH 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 Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 5:26 · WSH 14-25 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 2:06 · WSH 43-55 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 15 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
