⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 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.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · HOU 93-87 OKC
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · HOU 94-89 OKC
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · HOU 94-89 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Wally Szczerbiak offensive foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)
Q4 2:15 · HOU 89-83 OKC
- Turnover
Wally Szczerbiak turnover
Q4 2:15 · HOU 89-83 OKC
- Missed FT
Jeff Green misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:24 · HOU 91-85 OKC
📊The numbers
| HOU | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 73 | Rebounds | 73 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
