⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their sixteen- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 44
- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 41-19 off them
- A 23-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 31 in the third quarter
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
Q3 5:11 · HOU 65-55 WSH
- 23-0 run
A 23-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 31
Q3 2:10 · HOU 93-62 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chase Budinger misses technical free throw
Q2 5:37 · HOU 32-29 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Trevor Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:37 · HOU 32-29 WSH
📊The numbers
| HOU | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 12 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 41 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
