⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 37- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eight
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 5:43 · HOU 38-29 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q4 9:25 · HOU 80-68 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:31 · HOU 9-14 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ramon Sessions misses technical free throw
Q4 8:15 · HOU 74-68 CHA
📊The numbers
| HOU | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 14 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
