⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q2 5:50 · BKN 31-45 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 5:16 · BKN 9-25 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q2 8:10 · BKN 21-44 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 15 | Assists | 25 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
