⏱️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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their sixteen- Lost the glass, 42 rebounds to 52
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 2:26 · HOU 27-17 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 0:03 · HOU 93-77 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 9:53 · HOU 35-33 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 1:35 · HOU 104-97 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 7 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Steals | 14 |
| 18 | Blocks | 25 |
