⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 33 from three
- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 37
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 34-20 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:22 · HOU 79-68 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q2 1:13 · HOU 71-59 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q4 7:24 · HOU 115-104 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 8 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
