⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 29- Made ten threes to their eighteen
- They shot well above their usual, eighteen of 34 from three
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 37-12 off them
- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 26
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 10:13 · HOU 41-31 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 8:06 · HOU 50-33 IND
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q3 2:47 · HOU 102-76 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 6:12 · HOU 14-13 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q3 6:34 · HOU 87-68 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q4 1:23 · HOU 126-119 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Quenton Jackson bad pass turnover
Q4 0:11 · HOU 126-119 IND
📊The numbers
| HOU | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 30 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 37 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
