⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 25-14 off them- Won the second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to thirteen
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 7 down to 2 up
Q1 7:39 · HOU 15-13 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 9:20 · HOU 102-89 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:31 · HOU 71-67 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 10:33 · HOU 31-41 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 13 |
