⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their four- They went cold, four of 21 from three
- A 20-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 26 in the first quarter
- Lost the glass, 45 rebounds to 56
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
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 26
Q1 2:07 · HOU 49-23 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Carter-Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 12:00 · HOU 38-23 CHA
📊The numbers
| HOU | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 17 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 5 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 18 | Blocks | 15 |
