⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:44 · DEN 7-13 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q2 9:22 · DEN 41-44 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:26 · DEN 94-106 HOU
📊The numbers
| DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
