⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their ten- They went cold, ten of 32 from three
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 18-9 off them
- Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 54
A 16-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 3 in the third quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q4 3:36 · HOU 127-113 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 3
Q3 1:14 · HOU 103-100 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Willy Hernangomez flagrant foul type 1 (Ryan Anderson draws the foul)
Q4 7:48 · HOU 110-103 NY
📊The numbers
| HOU | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 21 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
