⏱️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
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 33 from three- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their eleven
- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the third quarter
A 24-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 10 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.
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 7:10 · OKC 17-8 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 9:21 · OKC 59-61 HOU
- 24-0 run
A 24-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 10
Q4 5:57 · OKC 112-122 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q2 10:12 · OKC 30-38 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q3 6:33 · OKC 64-79 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 0:04 · OKC 75-92 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 12 | Threes made | 17 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 4 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 19 | Steals | 20 |
| 28 | Blocks | 20 |
