⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 30-12 off them- A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up in the first 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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up
Q1 8:42 · HOU 18-6 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 3:06 · HOU 90-64 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 18 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
