⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first 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 Thunder did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 29 from three
- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 30
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 26-11 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 9:24 · HOU 13-5 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 11:18 · HOU 63-50 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 9:06 · HOU 97-80 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 8:54 · HOU 63-59 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 5:25 · HOU 69-68 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses technical free throw
Q1 0:36 · HOU 29-20 OKC
📊The numbers
| HOU | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
