⏱️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
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their twenty
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
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:24 · HOU 100-98 OKC
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 3:51 · HOU 100-98 OKC
- Missed FT
Omer Asik misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:15 · HOU 104-101 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 11:45 · HOU 52-54 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 2:03 · HOU 109-107 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Durant lost ball turnover
Q4 4:01 · HOU 100-98 OKC
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:32 · HOU 104-101 OKC
📊The numbers
| HOU | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
