⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 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 eighteen threes to their nine
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the second 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 4 down to 4 up
Q3 10:39 · HOU 65-61 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 7:10 · HOU 73-66 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 5:04 · HOU 84-70 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q2 9:38 · HOU 37-47 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamal Crawford technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:04 · HOU 84-70 MIN
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 18 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 5 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 17 | Blocks | 18 |
