⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fourteen
- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 20
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
Luther Head misses technical free throw
Q1 1:39 · HOU 13-18 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 5:33 · HOU 13-18 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 4:52 · HOU 37-38 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 13 | Threes made | 4 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
