⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their seven- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 46
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 8:36 · ATL 49-58 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 3:17 · ATL 61-75 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 11:22 · ATL 68-87 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 14 |
