⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of seventeen from three
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
- Winner
Cuttino Mobley made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelvin Cato.
Q4 1:36 · HOU 82-81 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Lost Ball. Stolen by Speedy Claxton.
Q4 0:37 · HOU 84-81 GS
- Missed FT
Yao Ming missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:15 · HOU 84-83 GS
- Missed FT
Yao Ming missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:15 · HOU 84-83 GS
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Richardson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:28 · HOU 77-80 GS
- Missed FT
Erick Dampier missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:18 · HOU 84-83 GS
- Missed FT
Erick Dampier missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:18 · HOU 84-83 GS
📊The numbers
| HOU | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
