⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 36
- A 15-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Derik Queen technical foul
Q3 0:53 · NO 80-98 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 2:13 · NO 26-28 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 0:13 · NO 29-37 HOU
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 20
Q2 9:37 · NO 32-52 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul
Q2 0:46 · NO 43-64 HOU
- Technical
Tari Eason technical foul
Q4 4:54 · NO 93-123 HOU
📊The numbers
| NO | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 18 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 19 | Assists | 33 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
