⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 48
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
James Harden technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:09 · HOU 14-13 TOR
- Technical
Clint Capela technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:01 · HOU 68-85 TOR
- Technical
PJ Tucker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:18 · HOU 73-91 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeMar DeRozan misses technical free throw
Q3 8:01 · HOU 68-85 TOR
📊The numbers
| HOU | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 35 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 19 | Steals | 12 |
| 27 | Blocks | 30 |
