⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of nineteen from three- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Bob Sura Technical Foul
Q3 12:00 · GS 72-88 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q3 6:20 · GS 59-78 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q3 10:00 · GS 52-57 HOU
📊The numbers
| GS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 15 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
