Halfway through the second quarter, Myles Turner laid in a bucket to put the Indiana Pacers up by 18 over the Houston Rockets at 56-38. At that point, it didn’t have the make up of a game that would soon be heading to overtime, but the Rockets were able to take full advantage of their rebounding success, climbing back into the game by halftime.
The Rockets would close the half on a 20-4 run, cutting the lead to four before Tyrese Haliburton gave Indiana a much-needed basket to end the second quarter. Houston had six offensive rebounds down the stretch, leading to as many points, a predictable outcome for what would happen when the league’s worst offensive rebounding team met up with the league’s best.