⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their 28- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 43
- A 17-0 run took them from 7 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 22-7 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 in the fourth 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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 7 down to 10 up
Q1 7:54 · HOU 19-9 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:07 · HOU 2-9 ORL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q4 8:56 · HOU 91-81 ORL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Glen Davis flagrant foul type 1 (James Harden draws the foul)
Q3 0:53 · HOU 77-59 ORL
📊The numbers
| HOU | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 73 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 14 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 10 | Blocks | 7 |
