⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one
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 12-point lead to 21
Q2 3:20 · HOU 58-37 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Chuck Hayes and Kevin Garnett
Q2 2:48 · HOU 51-37 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 8:51 · HOU 8-9 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Glen Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:45 · HOU 51-37 BOS
- Flagrant
Delonte West flagrant foul type 1 (Jordan Hill draws the foul)
Q2 1:42 · HOU 54-37 BOS
📊The numbers
| HOU | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 1 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
