⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 19-8 off them- Went cold from three, six of 29
- Burned in transition, 3 fast break points to 25
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 5:05 · ATL 33-32 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Zaza Pachulia technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:15 · ATL 62-65 HOU
- Turnover
Mike Bibby bad pass
Q4 2:15 · ATL 70-78 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 0:39 · ATL 18-23 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 4:07 · ATL 70-81 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:25 · ATL 70-78 HOU
📊The numbers
| ATL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 87 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
