⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 21-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 6:31 · CHA 7-19 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q1 0:50 · CHA 17-36 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q2 1:02 · CHA 31-57 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 28% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 13 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
