⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ IND 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 Pacers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their seven- Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their six
- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 36
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 7:08 · HOU 14-11 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 8:59 · HOU 67-58 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 1:22 · HOU 89-71 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 18 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 0 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 15 | Steals | 14 |
| 10 | Blocks | 17 |
