⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 43 from three
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 26
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 2 down to 6 up
Q2 6:50 · HOU 39-33 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q3 9:15 · HOU 62-41 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Garrison Mathews technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 8:23 · HOU 9-7 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses technical free throw
Q1 8:23 · HOU 9-7 OKC
📊The numbers
| HOU | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 31 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
