⏱️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
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 46
- A 12-0 run dragged them back level in the first quarter
- Went cold from three, nine of 29
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 2:37 · HOU 29-29 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 1:46 · HOU 88-78 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:06 · HOU 104-99 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 9:19 · HOU 7-13 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 1 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
