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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hornets | 34 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 110 |
 Rockets | 22 | 40 | 30 | 33 | 125 |
CHATeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHA | 39-8347.0% | 13-3339.4% | 19-2479.2% | 53 | 22 | 17 |
| HOU | 43-9744.3% | 20-6033.3% | 19-2382.6% | 41 | 25 | 4 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Houston Rockets125| 42 | 22 | 8-13 | 6-11, Ties his career high | 0 | 0-0 | +11 | +9.0 | |||||||
| 41 | 13 | 5-10 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 40 | 40 | 11-26 | 4-11 | 14-15 | +20 | +15.7 | ||||||||
| 37 | 14 | 5-10 | 4-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +1.1 | |||||
| 31 | 16 | 6-22 | 0-12 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −10.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 11 | 4-8 | 2-6 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +1.0 | |||||
| 17 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +1.9 | ||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.1 | ||||
| Team | 125 | 43-9744.3% | 20-6033.3% | 41 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 19-2382.6% | 7 | 11 | 5 | |||
Bench 20 points on 8 for 16 shooting
Did not play: William Howard, Michael Frazier II, Chris Clemons and Tyson Chandler (coach’s decision).
Charlotte Hornets110| 39 | 20 | 8-17 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 0 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 36 | 12 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −5.4 | ||||||
| 35 | 16 | 5-11 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +3.4 | |||||
| 34 | 20 | 5-12 | 3-7 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +1.5 | ||||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −4.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 19 | 8-13 | 2-3 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −21 | −0.6 | |||||
| 24 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 17 | 10 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 11 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.8 | ||
| Team | 110 | 39-8347.0% | 13-3339.4% | 53 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 19-2479.2% | 12 | 2 | 2 | |||
Bench 39 points on 15 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Marvin Williams, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Bismack Biyombo and Nicolas Batum (coach’s decision).
Rockets125Hornets110ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
James Harden had 40 points and 12 assists, and the Houston Rockets rallied from 15 points down in the second quarter to beat the Charlotte Hornets 125-110.
The Rockets trailed 39-24 with 10:25 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Hornets 101-71 the rest of the way.
Danuel House Jr. had 22 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), 9 rebounds and 3 steals.
For the Hornets, Miles Bridges had 20 points (12 in the paint) and a career-high 15 rebounds but went 1 for 7 from 3, and Terry Rozier added 20 points.
The Rockets made 20 3-pointers, 6 of them by House and 4 by Ben McLemore. The Hornets forced 5 turnovers, about 11 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Rockets outscored the Hornets 27-14 in 7 minutes with Tucker, Harden, Rivers, McLemore and House on the floor together.
Houston RocketsCharlotte HornetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
106 points from the field on 96 shots: 1.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-30 | 70.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 2-7 | 28.6% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 7-16 | 43.8% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-44 | 29.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Martin | 51 | 16 | 6-12 | −7 |
| Miles Bridges | 14 | 7 | 3-10 | +1 |
| Terry Rozier | 9 | 16 | 4-6 | +12 |
| Devonte' Graham | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 8 | 3-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 49 points on 92 possessions. He usually scores about 41 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Bridges | 29 | 5 | 2-4 | 0 |
| P.J. Washington | 14 | 7 | 3-3 | +5 |
| Terry Rozier | 12 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Devonte' Graham | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 6 | 2-2 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 87 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Rozier | 21 | 4 | 2-6 | −1 |
| Devonte' Graham | 11 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Dwayne Bacon | 9 | 0 | 0-4 | −2 |
| Miles Bridges | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 11 | 4-9 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CHA
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Highest Leverage Moments
Graham 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (15 PTS)
Q4 8:15
18.9%
54→35
Sefolosha 29' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Harden 10 AST)
Q4 8:00
18.9%
35→54
Harden 29' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (31 PTS)
Q4 6:21
14.9%
62→77
House Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Harden 11 AST)
Q4 5:48
14.4%
77→92
Tucker 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Harden 6 AST)
Q3 11:46
13.2%
49→62
