⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 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
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 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, 31 free throws to their fourteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 3:08 · HOU 69-56 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamaal Magloire Technical Foul
Q2 2:15 · HOU 42-31 NO
📊The numbers
| HOU | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
