⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 37
A 12-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 21 in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 3:31 · HOU 32-24 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 8:29 · HOU 77-60 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 34
Q4 11:36 · HOU 110-76 ATL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tari Eason flagrant foul type 1
Q1 7:33 · HOU 13-12 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q2 2:59 · HOU 58-53 ATL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 21
Q4 6:57 · HOU 114-93 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 14 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
