⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
-2Q126-27
+4Q225-18
-1Q325-26
-7Q417-24
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the 76ers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made one threes to their eight
Key battles
40%Three-point accuracy8%
2Blocks14
8Threes made1
14Fast break points25
🏀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 5-point lead to 14
Q3 8:53 · HOU 65-51 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:29 · HOU 93-95 PHI
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 1 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 14 |
