⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eight
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 10:43 · NY 30-40 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 11:11 · NY 50-70 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 19 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 1 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 19 | Steals | 14 |
| 18 | Blocks | 20 |
