⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 14-6 off them- Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 15
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 8:30 · HOU 44-29 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
James Posey technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:31 · HOU 43-29 NO
📊The numbers
| HOU | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
