⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their two- A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 22-11 off them
- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 22
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the first quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 9:55 · HOU 36-28 OKC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21
Q3 9:11 · HOU 65-44 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q1 3:16 · HOU 19-23 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Francisco Elson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:44 · HOU 50-42 OKC
📊The numbers
| HOU | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 12 | Threes made | 2 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
