⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their nineteen
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their thirteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 10:10 · HOU 18-4 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses technical free throw
Q3 2:47 · HOU 86-72 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q3 7:16 · HOU 82-64 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q4 3:40 · HOU 114-107 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Drummond technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 2:47 · HOU 86-72 DET
📊The numbers
| HOU | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
