⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 26 rebounds to 14
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 3:04 · HOU 92-77 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yao Ming bad pass
Q4 3:32 · HOU 83-75 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 81 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
