⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 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 eighteen threes to their ten- They went cold, ten of 44 from three
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 41
- A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 33-12 off them
- Burned in transition, 12 fast break points to 25
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:09 · HOU 9-2 OKC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20
Q2 6:46 · HOU 49-29 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 8:14 · HOU 14-13 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q4 1:25 · HOU 118-105 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
