⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty
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
Patrick Patterson out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 3:55 · HOU 86-79 WSH
- Turnover
James Harden lost ball turnover
Q4 0:35 · HOU 96-90 WSH
- Missed FT
Patrick Patterson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · HOU 98-93 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 2:40 · HOU 40-40 WSH
- Steal
Martell Webster stole it from James Harden
Q4 0:35 · HOU 96-90 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nenê misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:08 · HOU 88-82 WSH
- Turnover
Nenê offensive foul (Omer Asik draws the foul)
Q4 1:53 · HOU 90-84 WSH
- Turnover
Nenê turnover
Q4 1:53 · HOU 90-84 WSH
📊The numbers
| HOU | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
