⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their eight- A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7 in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 49
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7
Q3 9:11 · HOU 48-55 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 5:01 · HOU 59-61 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Francis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:47 · HOU 84-76 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 6:16 · HOU 12-19 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Emanual Davis Lost Ball. Stolen by Steve Francis.
Q4 4:33 · HOU 84-76 ATL
📊The numbers
| HOU | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 9 | Blocks | 9 |
