⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 44
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q4 5:46 · TOR 106-89 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Lowry technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 6:13 · TOR 72-61 HOU
📊The numbers
| TOR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 37 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 31 | Assists | 15 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
