⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the fourth quarter
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up in the third 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 7:58 · HOU 20-9 NO
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q4 4:54 · HOU 89-77 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kelvin Cato missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:54 · HOU 76-77 NO
- Technical
Maurice Taylor Double Technical Foul. Jamaal Magloire gains possession.
Q4 4:54 · HOU 77-77 NO
- Missed FT
Steve Francis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:35 · HOU 78-77 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q3 10:52 · HOU 52-53 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
David Wesley Technical Foul
Q4 6:18 · HOU 75-72 NO
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 3:56 · HOU 80-77 NO
- Turnover
Jamaal Magloire Bad Pass. Stolen by Cuttino Mobley.
Q4 2:41 · HOU 84-77 NO
📊The numbers
| HOU | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
