⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 0:32 · HOU 66-51 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 10:41 · HOU 78-55 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q3 1:38 · HOU 96-79 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 13 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
