⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
+5Q127-20
-6Q217-22
+12Q329-14
+4Q426-22
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four
Key battles
48%Three-point accuracy21%
13Threes made4
8Fast break points2
5Blocks1
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:55 · HOU 88-69 CHA
📊The numbers
| HOU | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 13 | Threes made | 4 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
