⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 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, 56 rebounds to 29- A 17-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their five
- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 17
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 8:21 · HOU 6-12 NO
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 20
Q3 0:01 · HOU 79-99 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 13 | Threes made | 11 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
