⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39- Ran them off the floor, 15 fast break points to 3
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven
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
- Flagrant
John Wall flagrant foul type 1
Q4 6:28 · HOU 81-106 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 0:28 · HOU 55-65 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q4 11:21 · HOU 73-103 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 33
Q4 6:28 · HOU 81-114 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 16 | Threes made | 18 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
