⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their thirteen- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 41 from three
- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 39
- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 13
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up 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.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q3 0:02 · CHA 99-87 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q4 7:23 · CHA 109-88 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 2:40 · CHA 119-94 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 19 | Threes made | 13 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
