⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty
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
- Winner
Yao Ming hit a technical free throw
Q4 2:51 · HOU 109-108 DEN
- Steal
Yao Ming stole it from Nene Hilario
Q4 0:01 · HOU 115-113 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yao Ming lost ball
Q4 1:10 · HOU 114-110 DEN
- Turnover
Yao Ming lost ball
Q4 0:50 · HOU 114-113 DEN
- Missed FT
Aaron Brooks misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:06 · HOU 114-113 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 9:15 · HOU 46-50 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 8:07 · HOU 101-103 DEN
- Steal
Chauncey Billups stole it from Yao Ming
Q4 0:50 · HOU 114-113 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Linas Kleiza offensive foul (Chuck Hayes draws the foul)
Q4 0:07 · HOU 114-113 DEN
- Turnover
Linas Kleiza turnover
Q4 0:07 · HOU 114-113 DEN
- Turnover
Nene Hilario lost ball
Q4 0:01 · HOU 115-113 DEN
📊The numbers
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
