⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their five- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 39
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 6:26 · HOU 21-15 PHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 9:00 · HOU 53-32 PHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q3 5:05 · HOU 92-63 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 17 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 7 |
