⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their one- They went cold, one of 25 from three
- Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their eighteen
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 60
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 11-point lead to 22
Q3 1:31 · HOU 84-62 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 7:41 · HOU 96-71 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q1 0:01 · HOU 41-28 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 10:10 · HOU 60-46 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 2:45 · HOU 104-90 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jared Sullinger technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 5:47 · HOU 93-71 BOS
📊The numbers
| HOU | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 12 | Threes made | 1 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 4% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
