⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 10:51 · HOU 13-2 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 7:31 · HOU 68-67 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 0 |
