⏱️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
-2Q124-23
-1Q222-19
+3Q323-18
0Q428-26
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 26 rebounds to 12- Went cold from three, four of nineteen
Key battles
21%Three-point accuracy46%
2Blocks6
84Rebounds50
4Threes made6
🏀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 stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 7:41 · HOU 86-74 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 11:17 · HOU 72-70 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ryan Gomes bad pass
Q4 2:49 · HOU 90-82 MIN
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 84 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
