Houston Rockets 112, Charlotte Hornets 109 — Recap

April 7, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 112, Charlotte Hornets 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 25-26 CHA; Q2 HOU 30-23 CHA; Q3 HOU 30-24 CHA; Q4 HOU 27-36 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Porter Jr. (HOU) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Svi Mykhailiuk (CHA) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Theo Maledon (CHA) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Bryce McGowens (CHA) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Jalen Green

26 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 9-22 FG

Scoring · HOU

Kevin Porter Jr.

26 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 7-13 FG

Scoring · CHA

Svi Mykhailiuk

25 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 8-21 FG

Season highs

Theo Maledon · Season-high 22 pointsAlperen Sengun · Season-high 21 reboundsTheo Maledon · Season-high 4 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
HOU	25	30	30	27		112
CHA	26	23	24	36		109

🧮 How They Scored

HOUCHA

64Points in the paint44

19Fast-break points19

21Second-chance points16

28Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.1%Effective FG%50.6%

15.1%Turnover %14.5%

29.2%Offensive rebound %17.1%

0.315Free-throw rate0.307

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Green G	39	26	3	6	1	0	3	9-22	3-8	5-7	-1
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	39	14	6	3	2	0	1	7-10	0-0	0-2	+3
Kevin Porter Jr. G	38	26	3	5	2	0	3	7-13	2-5	10-12	+6
Jabari Smith Jr. F	33	13	2	1	1	3	3	6-11	1-2	0-0	+6
Alperen Sengun F-C	32	14	21	3	2	1	4	4-9	1-1	5-6	+5
Tari Eason F	24	7	7	2	3	2	2	3-9	0-1	1-1	-3
Josh Christopher G	20	6	2	1	0	2	2	3-10	0-2	0-0	+1
Usman Garuba F	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-6
Boban Marjanovic C	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+4

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Theo Maledon G	38	22	1	8	5	1	4	8-15	4-8	2-3	+1
Bryce McGowens G	35	16	5	2	1	0	1	6-15	1-5	3-4	+4
Svi Mykhailiuk G	31	25	5	5	1	0	5	8-21	5-14	4-6	-2
JT Thor F	28	10	5	1	0	1	1	2-6	2-4	4-4	-4
Mark Williams C	26	12	13	0	1	1	0	5-7	0-0	2-2	-6
James Bouknight G	26	6	3	3	0	0	4	3-10	0-5	0-1	-8
Nick Richards C	22	6	7	1	0	2	0	1-2	0-0	4-6	+3
Kai Jones F-C	20	10	0	1	2	3	2	4-9	1-4	1-1	+1
Xavier Sneed F	11	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-5
Kobi Simmons G	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	38	26	71.1	22.8	+8.4	16.9
Jalen Green	Bench	39	26	51.8	28.0	-1.2	10.3
Alperen Sengun	Bench	32	14	60.1	20.5	+8.6	21.1
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	39	14	64.3	12.5	+4.8	10.9
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	33	13	59.1	16.9	+8.2	6.5
Tari Eason	Bench	24	7	37.1	17.5	-5.7	8.0
Josh Christopher	Bench	20	6	30.0	23.5	-0.4	0.6
Boban Marjanovic	Bench	7	4	100.0	11.1	+28.6	18.4
Usman Garuba	Bench	9	2	33.3	12.0	-34.0	-2.9
D.J. Augustin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Daishen Nix	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	31	25	52.9	35.4	-4.5	9.8
Theo Maledon	Bench	38	22	67.4	21.3	+1.2	13.9
Bryce McGowens	Bench	35	16	47.7	20.7	+5.1	7.7
Mark Williams	Bench	26	12	76.1	12.1	-12.0	20.5
Kai Jones	Bench	20	10	53.0	23.4	+5.0	7.9
JT Thor	Bench	28	10	64.4	12.9	-8.0	11.6
Nick Richards	Bench	22	6	64.7	9.8	+8.8	11.3
James Bouknight	Bench	26	6	28.7	23.7	-12.7	-6.4
Xavier Sneed	Bench	11	2	33.3	11.5	-16.3	0.0
Kelly Oubre Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cody Martin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kobi Simmons	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+20.0	27.3