⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 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
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 22
- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 36
- Made thirteen threes to their 21
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 25-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q3 7:35 · TOR 79-86 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 2:25 · TOR 63-70 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 9:13 · TOR 67-84 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 3:23 · TOR 116-133 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 21 | Threes made | 13 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 22 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 29 | Assists | 31 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
