⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. 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, 12 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their no
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 10:48 · HOU 29-16 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 11:00 · HOU 54-32 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 7 | Threes made | 0 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
