⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the third quarter
A 14-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 7 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 7
Q4 4:12 · BKN 113-120 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 1:00 · BKN 31-40 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q3 3:18 · BKN 86-96 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 16 | Threes made | 16 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 2 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 17 | Blocks | 14 |
