⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 44- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 2:31 · CHA 25-20 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q2 4:07 · CHA 33-43 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 2:09 · CHA 52-67 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luis Scola turnover
Q4 3:17 · CHA 66-71 HOU
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry bad pass
Q4 0:56 · CHA 70-78 HOU
📊The numbers
| CHA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 18 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
