⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 7:20 · HOU 20-10 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q3 9:38 · HOU 81-53 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Chuck Hayes and Roy Hibbert
Q1 2:47 · HOU 22-16 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 17
Q4 5:31 · HOU 108-91 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 23 | Assists | 15 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 7 |
