⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 34 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 7
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
A 15-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 5 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q2 4:46 · TOR 35-49 HOU
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 5
Q3 11:46 · TOR 52-57 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Lowry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:36 · TOR 47-56 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 10:12 · TOR 21-37 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q4 11:08 · TOR 73-83 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
