Game ID: 22400068
Charlotte Hornets @ Houston Rockets
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
Toyota Center, Houston, TX
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
HOU 26 34 23 22 105CHA 21 28 30 31 110
CHA @ HOU ScoutingCHA @ HOU Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
HOU availability going into 10/23 · season opener
full strength
HOU availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
HOU availability going into 10/26 · back-to-backOUT Dante missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Jef. Green missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
HOU availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's restOUT Dante missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Jef. Green missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
HOU availability going into 10/31 · 2 days' restOUT Dante missed 4 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Holiday missed 2 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Jef. Green missed 4 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Tate missed 2 since 10/26, out tonight
CHA availability going into 10/23 · season opener
full strength
CHA availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
CHA availability going into 10/26 · back-to-backOUT Simpson missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Smith Jr. missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Salaün missed 2 since 10/23, returns tonight: 9 min (42% of 21)
OUT Gibson missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
CHA availability going into 10/30 · 3 days' restOUT Miller missed 2 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Simpson missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Smith Jr. missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Gibson missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
BACK Salaün back 10/26 after 2, 9 min since (42% of 21)
NEW Richards 21 to 30 min over the last 3
NEW Curry 16 to 28 min over the last 3
CHA availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restOUT Miller missed 3 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Simpson missed 4 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Smith Jr. missed 4 since 10/23, out tonight
OUT Gibson missed 4 since 10/23, out tonight
BACK Salaün back 10/26 after 2, 12 min since (60% of 21)
NEW Richards 21 to 30 min over the last 4
NEW Curry 16 to 27 min over the last 4
10/23 vs CHA 105-110 — HOU notes
HOU lost 105-110. HOU took 18 more shots (103 to 85), fed by 16 offensive rebounds, but shot 37% to CHA's 45%, 13 of 43 from three. HOU turned it over 8 times to CHA's 16. The glass went 43-56 against them. Green led with 28 (9 of 23, 5 of 15 from three); Sengun added 25, VanVleet 14. Q2 was theirs, 34-28, but the other 3 periods went 82-71 against them. They led by as many as 18. Thompson's -19 in 22 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/23 @ HOU 110-105 — CHA notes
CHA won 110-105. CHA shot 45% (38 of 85) to HOU's 37%, 15 of 39 from three. CHA turned it over 16 times to HOU's 8, and HOU turned those into 8 steals. The glass went 56-43 for them. Ball led with 34 (10 of 20, 4 of 12 from three, 10 of 10 at the line); Mann added 24, Bridges 10. The hinge was Q4, 31-22: CHA came in trailing by 4 and left it ahead by 5. CHA trailed 49-60 at the half and won the second half 61-45.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
HOUAS A. Sengun
AT A. Thompson
CW C. Whitmore
DB D. Brooks
FV F. VanVleet
JG J. Green
JL J. Landale
JS J. Smith Jr.
RS R. Sheppard
TE T. Eason
CHABM B. Miller
CM C. Martin
GW G. Williams
LB L. Ball
MB M. Bridges
MD M. Diabaté
NR N. Richards
SC S. Curry
TM T. Mann
VM V. Micić
HOU/CHA the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Ball has 34 points and 11 assists in return from ankle injury to lead Hornets over Rockets 110-105
HOUSTON -- — LaMelo Ball had 34 points and 11 assists in his return from an ankle injury and Grant Williams made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to give the Charlotte Hornets a 110-105 win over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.
Jalen Green scored five quick points to tie it before Williams put the Hornets on top with his step-back 3 to make it 106-103. Ball, who was playing in his first regular-season game since Jan. 26, added two free throws after that to secure the victory.
Green led Houston with 28 points and Alperen Sengun added 25 points and 18 rebounds in his return after missing the last 19 games of last season with a severely sprained ankle.
Takeaways Hornets: This team has been plagued by injuries in recent years and the problems continued in the opener with young star Brandon Miller sitting out the second half with soreness in his left hip. They’ll need to keep him, Ball and Miles Bridges healthy if they hope to return to the playoffs after an eight-year drought.
Rockets: They need to play more consistently for four quarters after leading by double figures for most of the first three quarters before letting the Hornets get back into it late.
Key moment The Hornets used a 10-0 run that spanned from late in the third quarter to early in the fourth to close the gap and put themselves in position for the win after trailing for most of the game.
Key stat Houston shot 36.9% from the field while the Hornets made 44.7% of their shots.
Up next The Rockets host the Grizzlies on Friday night and the Hornets visit Atlanta.