⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 34- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 24-7 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 10:41 · HOU 61-46 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q2 3:15 · HOU 47-41 CHA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jake Voskuhl flagrant foul type 1 (Tracy McGrady draws the foul)
Q3 0:01 · HOU 81-58 CHA
📊The numbers
| HOU | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
