⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 22
- Went cold from three, five of twenty
- Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 44
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- Ties it
Russell Westbrook hit a 18-foot jumper
Q4 1:49 · OKC 93-93 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Durant bad pass
Q4 1:21 · OKC 93-95 HOU
- Turnover
Kevin Durant turnover
Q4 0:37 · OKC 93-95 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 4:13 · OKC 19-20 HOU
- Lead
Yao Ming hit a 6-foot hook shot
Q4 2:50 · OKC 91-93 HOU
- Winner
Yao Ming hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:36 · OKC 93-94 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yao Ming 3 second
Q4 2:16 · OKC 91-93 HOU
- Turnover
Rafer Alston turnover
Q4 1:00 · OKC 93-95 HOU
- Missed FT
Rafer Alston misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:00 · OKC 96-98 HOU
📊The numbers
| OKC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 14 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
