⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- They shot well above their usual, eleven of 23 from three
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 6-point lead to 17
Q3 2:03 · HOU 98-81 MIN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q4 6:37 · HOU 118-99 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Patrick Beverley and Kris Dunn
Q1 8:53 · HOU 14-5 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 6:18 · HOU 22-18 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 19 | Threes made | 11 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 37 | Assists | 37 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
