⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 1:36 · HOU 29-29 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q3 9:43 · HOU 58-65 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 4:13 · HOU 19-29 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 8:07 · HOU 34-42 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 0:48 · HOU 75-96 CHA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
LaMelo Ball flagrant foul type 1
Q3 9:43 · HOU 57-65 CHA
📊The numbers
| HOU | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 17 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
