⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
-3Q123-28
-15Q225-41
-1Q333-33
-2Q427-26
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 34-8 off them- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 7
Key battles
34Points off turnovers8
7Fast break points25
4Steals14
20Turnovers11
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q4 4:41 · DEN 102-126 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 17 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 14 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
