⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 24-15 off them
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 5 down to 3 up
Q2 11:20 · HOU 34-31 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q4 7:32 · HOU 93-79 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 1:59 · HOU 107-88 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Russell Westbrook and John Wall
Q4 5:16 · HOU 94-81 WSH
📊The numbers
| HOU | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
