⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 39
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 4:39 · HOU 21-14 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q2 4:18 · HOU 57-34 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
