⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 30-11 off them- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 9
- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 3:39 · HOU 35-26 POR
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q2 0:35 · HOU 77-60 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q3 1:01 · HOU 112-91 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 8:33 · HOU 44-45 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q3 5:36 · HOU 95-82 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 13 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
