⏱️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
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their ten- Made three threes to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Aaron Brooks misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:20 · HOU 81-77 POR
- Missed FT
Aaron Brooks misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:02 · HOU 86-83 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Przybilla technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:52 · HOU 8-6 POR
📊The numbers
| HOU | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
