⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to ten
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q4 7:52 · HOU 109-90 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 2:50 · HOU 26-25 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 4:44 · HOU 112-102 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
