⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 26 from three- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 26-8 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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 1:54 · HOU 98-91 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jabari Smith Jr. out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 3:02 · HOU 113-108 MIN
- Turnover
Jabari Smith Jr. offensive foul
Q4 0:32 · HOU 117-110 MIN
- Turnover
Jabari Smith Jr. turnover
Q4 0:32 · HOU 117-110 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Edwards technical foul
Q1 7:09 · HOU 19-14 MIN
- Missed FT
Anthony Edwards misses technical free throw
Q3 12:00 · HOU 68-67 MIN
- Turnover
Anthony Edwards out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 3:14 · HOU 113-108 MIN
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 13 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
