Rockets' Late Surge Not Enough to Overcome Hawks at State Farm Arena

In a closely contested battle at the State Farm Arena, the Houston Rockets fell short against the Atlanta Hawks with a final score of 113-122. The Rockets now stand at 23-29 for the season, while the Hawks improved their record to 24-29.

The game was marked by several lead changes and both teams were tied three times throughout the contest. Despite trailing in points during most of the game, Houston managed to put up an impressive fight. The Rockets showcased their offensive capabilities in the third quarter by scoring 35 points, which was their highest-scoring period of the game. They also demonstrated resilience on defense with a total of six blocks and an equal number of steals.

Houston's bench contributed significantly with 33 points, providing much-needed support to keep them within striking distance. The team's biggest lead was a notable 12-point advantage; however, they spent only about twelve minutes ahead in this matchup.

On offense, Houston had a balanced attack inside and beyond the arc. They made over half of their two-point attempts with a solid shooting percentage of 54 percent from that range and scored an impressive total of 52 points in paint. From downtown, they converted thirteen out of forty-three attempts for a three-point shooting percentage rounding up to approximately 30 percent.

Rebounding played a crucial role for Houston as they dominated on boards with an outstanding total rebound count of sixty-nine compared to Atlanta's fifty-one rebounds. Of those sixty-nine rebounds for Houston, sixteen were offensive grabs which led to eighteen second-chance points.

However, turnovers proved costly for Houston as they gave up possession seventeen times leading directly to eighteen points off turnovers for Atlanta. Additionally, despite making it frequently to free throw line nineteen times during playtime but only converting twelve shots resulting in just above sixty percent from charity stripe – numbers that could have potentially swayed game outcome if improved upon.

The Hawks capitalized on opportunities provided by turnovers and fouls drawing twenty-six fouls against themselves while committing only eighteen personal fouls throughout duration match-up; this allowed them thirty-seven free throw attempts where they succeeded making twenty-eight thus achieving roughly seventy-six percent success rate from line which contributed greatly towards securing victory over visiting team.

Looking forward after this tough loss on road trip fans can look forward seeing Rockets back action when they host New York Knicks Toyota Center located beautiful city Houston Texas USA state TX zip code is seven seven zero zero two scheduled date February twelfth year two thousand twenty-four starting time will be eight o'clock PM Eastern Standard Time broadcast networks include Space City Home Network channel six hundred seventy-four along MSG channel six hundred thirty-four where loyal supporters can tune watch hopeful return winning ways home court advantage.