⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 30- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 17-7 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 8:08 · HOU 38-33 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:55 · HOU 4-13 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 10:48 · HOU 57-57 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
