⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 33-22 off them- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to seven
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 39
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q1 10:52 · HOU 14-7 ATL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q1 3:15 · HOU 39-25 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Clint Capela misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:00 · HOU 109-111 ATL
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:18 · HOU 110-112 ATL
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:49 · HOU 115-115 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 6:20 · HOU 82-82 ATL
- Ties it
Kent Bazemore hit a 24-foot, Kyle Korver with the assist
Q4 1:13 · HOU 115-115 ATL
- Winner
Al Horford hit a 5-foot two point shot, Kent Bazemore with the assist
Q4 0:33 · HOU 115-117 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Al Horford misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:20 · HOU 110-111 ATL
📊The numbers
| HOU | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 14 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
