⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first 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 Nets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 30
- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q1 5:20 · HOU 22-16 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 6:54 · HOU 102-77 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
