⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q3 6:01 · HOU 52-64 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q3 11:40 · HOU 37-61 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Jackson Technical Foul
Q4 9:15 · HOU 63-78 SA
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 14 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
