⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 21-12 off them
- A 16-0 run took them from 8 down to 8 up in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 48
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jabari Smith Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · HOU 54-59 BKN
- Technical
Kenyon Martin Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:17 · HOU 78-92 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 8 down to 8 up
Q2 10:58 · HOU 35-43 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q2 0:31 · HOU 54-65 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 14 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
