⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 44- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 33
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 6:52 · NO 24-13 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 0:48 · NO 59-63 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q3 3:47 · NO 72-89 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 33 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
