⏱️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 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, 14 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 39
A 14-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 13 in the third 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q2 6:38 · HOU 57-33 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses technical free throw
Q1 5:33 · HOU 16-10 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 19
Q2 0:00 · HOU 71-52 CHA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 13
Q3 4:03 · HOU 91-78 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jeremy Lamb technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:23 · HOU 24-12 CHA
📊The numbers
| HOU | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 16 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
