⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 17 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 22
- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q2 6:31 · WSH 39-42 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 8:22 · WSH 85-85 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q4 3:56 · WSH 91-103 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
