⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
-1Q127-26
0Q224-20
-8Q318-23
+5Q422-17
▼ NY 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 Knicks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six
A 13-0 run took them from 12 down to 1 up in the second quarter
Key battles
14Threes made6
6Fast break points13
13Steals8
39%Three-point accuracy27%
🏀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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 12 down to 1 up
Q2 0:51 · HOU 51-52 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 6 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
