⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ATL 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 Rockets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
They shot well above their usual, seventeen of 38 from three
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
- Missed FT
James Harden misses technical free throw
Q3 10:49 · HOU 60-61 ATL
- Missed FT
Austin Rivers misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 5:01 · HOU 77-76 ATL
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:39 · HOU 117-109 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 6:35 · HOU 21-18 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q4 11:41 · HOU 95-94 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kent Bazemore bad pass
Q4 3:31 · HOU 109-103 ATL
- Missed FT
John Collins misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:03 · HOU 117-109 ATL
- Turnover
Trae Young out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:39 · HOU 117-109 ATL
📊The numbers
| HOU | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 17 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
