⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen
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 3 down to 5 up
Q1 0:49 · HOU 32-27 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Steven Adams and Mason Plumlee
Q2 3:12 · HOU 50-47 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 6:23 · HOU 44-45 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 1:31 · HOU 111-104 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
