⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 31 from three
- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 44
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 37-15 off them
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 from level to 9 points up
Q1 4:03 · HOU 25-16 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 0:00 · HOU 61-42 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 11:37 · HOU 91-74 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 6:26 · HOU 16-15 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 8:10 · HOU 65-57 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 3:02 · HOU 110-100 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 37 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
