⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
They went cold, thirteen of 51 from three- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their nineteen
- Won the glass, 67 rebounds to 44
- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 26-13 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q2 7:47 · HOU 42-25 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 4:34 · HOU 78-55 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jabari Smith Jr. flagrant foul type 1
Q3 6:54 · HOU 68-50 PHX
- Missed FT
Kevin Porter Jr. misses technical free throw
Q3 6:14 · HOU 68-53 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Bismack Biyombo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:14 · HOU 68-53 PHX
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 12 | Threes made | 13 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
