⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of twenty from three- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 36
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rafer Alston double technical foul
Q1 4:07 · HOU 9-8 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 8:36 · HOU 37-48 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Desmond Mason double technical foul
Q1 4:07 · HOU 9-8 NO
📊The numbers
| HOU | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
