⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 27, and outscored them 32-13 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 4:26 · HOU 19-20 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 11:03 · HOU 69-50 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Juwan Howard double technical foul
Q2 0:38 · HOU 58-46 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 27 |
| 20 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
