⏱️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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:37 · HOU 17-15 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 1:15 · HOU 26-17 MIN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q3 3:30 · HOU 86-68 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 9:16 · HOU 91-82 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 5 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 15 | Blocks | 16 |
