⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 11
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
- Steal
Chandler Parsons stole it from Rajon Rondo
Q4 2:59 · HOU 93-85 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 9:32 · HOU 32-36 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo bad pass
Q4 2:59 · HOU 93-85 BOS
📊The numbers
| HOU | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 15 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
