⏱️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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 10:27 · HOU 43-30 NO
- Lead
Courtney Lee hit a free throw 2 of 2
OT 4:39 · HOU 83-82 NO
- Ties it
Luis Scola hit a free throw 2 of 2
OT 1:09 · HOU 88-88 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry offensive foul (Marco Belinelli draws the foul)
OT 4:01 · HOU 83-82 NO
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry turnover
OT 4:01 · HOU 83-82 NO
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry step out of bounds turnover
OT 2:31 · HOU 83-86 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q4 5:07 · HOU 80-79 NO
- Ties it
Jarrett Jack hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:18 · HOU 82-82 NO
- Go-ahead
Jarrett Jack hit a 16-foot jumper, Jason Smith with the assist
OT 3:47 · HOU 83-84 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jarrett Jack misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:18 · HOU 82-82 NO
- Turnover
Jason Smith offensive foul (Kyle Lowry draws the foul)
OT 1:51 · HOU 83-88 NO
- Turnover
Jarrett Jack bad pass
OT 0:15 · HOU 88-88 NO
📊The numbers
| HOU | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
