⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 24- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 in the third quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 6:05 · HOU 29-15 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 2:14 · HOU 89-79 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 10:07 · HOU 35-34 PHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q3 8:52 · HOU 77-75 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
