⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 30 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q4 9:26 · BKN 87-92 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Keith Bogans and James Harden
Q2 4:41 · BKN 42-52 HOU
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 3:20 · BKN 92-95 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q3 1:09 · BKN 75-90 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jeremy Lin turnover
Q4 4:07 · BKN 89-95 HOU
- Turnover
Greg Smith offensive foul (Keith Bogans draws the foul)
Q4 3:46 · BKN 92-95 HOU
- Turnover
Greg Smith turnover
Q4 3:46 · BKN 92-95 HOU
📊The numbers
| BKN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 16 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
