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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 28 | 18 | 34 | 32 | 112 |
 Thunder | 28 | 24 | 22 | 32 | 106 |
HOUTeam statsOKC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 38-8345.8% | 15-4334.9% | 21-2875.0% | 41 | 25 | 14 |
| OKC | 37-8245.1% | 14-3638.9% | 18-2864.3% | 42 | 25 | 16 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Houston Rockets112| 43 | 22 | 5-12 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 9-11 | +7 | +4.4 | ||||||
| 40 | 20 | 6-10 | 2-5 | 6-9 | 0 | +10 | −1.7 | |||||||
| 37 | 17 | 6-12 | 1-1 | 4-4 | +13 | +13.2 | ||||||||
| 34 | 26, Season high (his best before, 22) | 10-22 | 5-13, Ties his career high | 1-2 | 0 | +12 | +1.9 | |||||||
| 32 | 16 | 7-12 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | −3 | +1.4 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | 8 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | −0.8 | |||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −5.7 | |||
| 12 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | −4.5 | |||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −2.3 | |||||
| Team | 112 | 38-8345.8% | 15-4334.9% | 41 | 25 | 14 | 23 | 21-2875.0% | 10 | 12 | 5 | |||
Bench 11 points on 4 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Amen Thompson (injury/illness); Isaiah Crawford, Jeff Green and Aaron Holiday (coach’s decision).
Oklahoma City Thunder106| 35 | 17 | 5-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +1.1 | |||||
| 34 | 23 | 10-16 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | +7 | +6.3 | |||||||
| 27 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −8.8 | ||||||
| 26 | 17 | 6-15 | 3-7 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −24 | −1.9 | |||||
| 25 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-3 | 0 | +11 | +2.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 21 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +4.8 | ||||||
| 26 | 8 | 3-9 | 2-6 | 0-1 | −16 | −4.0 | ||||||||
| 15 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | +1.5 | |||||
| 14 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −3.2 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.4 | ||||||
| Team | 106 | 37-8245.1% | 14-3638.9% | 42 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 18-2864.3% | 13 | 10 | 2 | |||
Bench 43 points on 13 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Ajay Mitchell (injury/illness); Buddy Boeheim (coach’s decision).
Rockets112Thunder106ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Tari Eason scored a season-high 26 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the Houston Rockets rallied from 15 points down in the second quarter to beat the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder 112-106.
The Rockets trailed 49-34 with 4:21 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Thunder 78-57 the rest of the way.
Eason’s free throw with 34.6 seconds left made it 108-103 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Thunder 13-3. Eason scored 5 of the Rockets’ 13 on 2 for 3 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Alperen Sengun had 2 of his 3 steals in 38 seconds, the first leading to Jabari Smith Jr.’s free throws and the second to Smith’s free throws.
Smith had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Kevin Durant added 20 points (9 in the fourth quarter) on 6 for 10 shooting, and Sengun had 17 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks, his 10th career triple-double. The Rockets had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Thunder, Cason Wallace had 23 points and 4 steals, and Isaiah Joe added 21 points and 3 steals off the bench.
The Rockets went 21 for 28 at the line to the Thunder’s 18 for 28. The Thunder turned it over 17 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Rockets 43-11 off the bench. The Thunder outscored the Rockets 31-14 in 10 minutes with Hartenstein, Joe, Holmgren, Wallace and McCain on the floor together.
Houston RocketsOklahoma City ThunderPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Rockets’ chance bottomed out at 6% (2nd quarter, 3:57 left).
91 points from the field on 83 shots: 0.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-18 | 66.7% | 67% |
| In the paint | 6-10 | 60.0% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 7-19 | 36.8% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-24 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cason Wallace | 12 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Chet Holmgren | 11 | 3 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 11 | 7 | 2-5 | +4 |
| Alex Caruso | 10 | 4 | 2-5 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 7 | 3-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Wiggins | 17 | 5 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Isaiah Joe | 16 | 10 | 2-3 | +6 |
| Cason Wallace | 13 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Alex Caruso | 11 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 2 | 0-4 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luguentz Dort | 32 | 4 | 1-2 | −7 |
| Alex Caruso | 12 | 2 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Chet Holmgren | 9 | 1 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Cason Wallace | 8 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
Score margin over time — positive = OKC leads, negative = HOU leads
OKC Largest Lead
15
Q2 4:21
HOU Largest Lead
9
Q4 11:08
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
HOU 8-0 run
Q1 11:32 – Q1 10:25
+2 → -6
HOU 9-0 run
Q2 3:57 – Q2 2:11
+15 → +6
HOU 9-0 run
Q3 4:52 – Q3 3:03
+5 → -4
