⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 33-14 off them- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 50
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 1:57 · HOU 31-24 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 8:21 · HOU 81-64 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q4 7:22 · HOU 126-93 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 5:08 · HOU 19-20 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 23
Q4 2:16 · HOU 136-113 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 15 | Threes made | 13 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 34 | Assists | 27 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
