⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 17
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 9:44 · HOU 66-55 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 0:42 · HOU 79-66 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 3:27 · HOU 67-65 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
