⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Pablo Prigioni technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 5:20 · NY 12-17 HOU
- Technical
Cleanthony Early technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 10:08 · NY 26-29 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 6:03 · NY 56-83 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 6:37 · NY 88-113 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 16 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 14 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
