⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their eleven
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q2 11:14 · HOU 44-23 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q2 3:11 · HOU 65-39 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 3:31 · HOU 118-93 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 20 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 4 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Steals | 13 |
| 12 | Blocks | 14 |
