⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 3
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 2:49 · HOU 75-58 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 8:59 · HOU 4-9 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 12:00 · HOU 75-60 NY
📊The numbers
| HOU | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
