⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 36
- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their thirteen
- Burned in transition, 18 fast break points to 33
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:00 · ATL 12-6 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q3 0:33 · ATL 82-85 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Al Horford bad pass
Q4 4:09 · ATL 92-92 HOU
- Missed FT
Zaza Pachulia misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:12 · ATL 94-100 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q1 2:30 · ATL 23-30 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Omer Asik offensive foul (Louis Williams draws the foul )
Q4 4:18 · ATL 92-92 HOU
- Turnover
Omer Asik turnover
Q4 4:18 · ATL 92-92 HOU
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:54 · ATL 92-94 HOU
📊The numbers
| ATL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 23 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 33 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
