⏱️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
▼ POR 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 Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 10 rebounds to 21
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 1:29 · HOU 47-43 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 11:11 · HOU 77-62 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 3:21 · HOU 16-23 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 2 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
