⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their eleven- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 40
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 21-7 off them
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the third 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 11:26 · HOU 13-0 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 7:41 · HOU 77-76 ATL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q4 3:53 · HOU 90-78 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yao Ming offensive foul (Zaza Pachulia draws the foul)
Q4 4:39 · HOU 77-76 ATL
- Turnover
Yao Ming turnover
Q4 4:39 · HOU 77-76 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q3 10:38 · HOU 49-53 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 10 |
