⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 42- A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Travis Outlaw flagrant foul type 2 (Kevin Martin draws the foul)
Q3 9:36 · BKN 47-63 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up
Q1 3:59 · BKN 19-31 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q1 0:26 · BKN 21-39 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q3 7:16 · BKN 53-79 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
