⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made one threes 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.
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q4 11:10 · HOU 75-74 WSH
- Steal
Ron Artest stole it from Dominic McGuire
Q4 0:11 · HOU 87-89 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q2 6:39 · HOU 27-38 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeShawn Stevenson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:39 · HOU 85-88 WSH
- Turnover
Dominic McGuire bad pass
Q4 0:11 · HOU 87-89 WSH
📊The numbers
| HOU | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
