⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second 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 Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 47 free throws to their 33- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 14-3 off them
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 1:57 · HOU 26-12 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 7:56 · HOU 78-52 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q4 7:35 · HOU 108-84 MIN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Anthony Tolliver flagrant foul type 1 (Chase Budinger draws the foul)
Q1 1:38 · HOU 19-12 MIN
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 39 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 23 | Assists | 11 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
