⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 19 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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 37- Owned the paint, 76 points inside to 44
- A 16-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 19 in the second quarter
- Made ten threes to their sixteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:07 · HOU 82-100 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 19
Q2 4:00 · HOU 54-73 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 36 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 76 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
