⏱️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 and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 44- A 16-0 run took them from 9 down to 7 up in the second 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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 9 down to 7 up
Q2 9:41 · HOU 48-41 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q4 3:42 · HOU 126-98 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 16 | Threes made | 12 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 36 | Assists | 28 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
