⏱️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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 14
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q4 7:48 · HOU 92-77 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Carl Landry bad pass
Q4 0:43 · HOU 101-93 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q4 1:35 · HOU 101-95 CHI
- Steal
Derrick Rose stole it from Carl Landry
Q4 0:43 · HOU 101-93 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Andres Nocioni technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:15 · HOU 39-32 CHI
📊The numbers
| HOU | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
