⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of seventeen from three- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen
- Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 47
- Beaten inside, 22 points in the paint to 46
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luis Scola 3 second
Q4 2:09 · HOU 83-79 TOR
- Turnover
Luis Scola bad pass
Q4 0:59 · HOU 85-81 TOR
- Missed FT
Kevin Martin misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:11 · HOU 86-83 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- Steal
James Johnson stole it from Luis Scola
Q4 0:59 · HOU 85-81 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerryd Bayless technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:07 · HOU 29-24 TOR
- Turnover
Leandro Barbosa turnover
Q4 2:27 · HOU 83-79 TOR
📊The numbers
| HOU | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 2 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 12% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 18 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
