⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up in the second quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up
Q2 8:40 · HOU 40-28 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q3 1:02 · HOU 88-72 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Dikembe Mutombo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:08 · HOU 63-54 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
