⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 2 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 21- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty
- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 44
- Went cold from three, seven of 27
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses technical free throw
Q2 5:56 · HOU 46-34 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 8:00 · HOU 15-15 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Luke Ridnour technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 5:56 · HOU 46-34 MIL
- Technical
Larry Sanders technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 10:29 · HOU 64-52 MIL
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
