⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 21 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 30- A 17-0 run from level to 17 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 23-11 off them
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run from level to 17 points up
Q1 11:25 · HOU 18-1 BOS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 25
Q1 2:15 · HOU 43-18 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Phil Pressey misses technical free throw
Q2 8:53 · HOU 45-21 BOS
📊The numbers
| HOU | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
