⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eleven- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 11-3 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
- Steal
Luis Scola stole it from John Salmons
Q4 0:37 · HOU 89-82 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Drew Gooden flagrant foul type 1 (Jordan Hill draws the foul)
Q2 10:49 · HOU 20-19 MIL
- Turnover
John Salmons bad pass
Q4 0:37 · HOU 89-82 MIL
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 1 | Threes made | 5 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
