⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 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, 21 free throws to their six- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty
- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to seven
- Went cold from three, six of 21
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley Offensive Foul
Q4 4:48 · HOU 57-58 SA
- Turnover
Jim Jackson Foul
Q4 1:40 · HOU 61-65 SA
- Turnover
Jim Jackson Bad Pass. Stolen by Devin Brown.
Q4 0:01 · HOU 67-71 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:11 · HOU 10-15 SA
- Winner
Bruce Bowen made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tony Parker.
Q4 2:30 · HOU 61-63 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bruce Bowen missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 2:30 · HOU 61-63 SA
- Turnover
Tony Parker Bad Pass. Stolen by Cuttino Mobley.
Q4 1:07 · HOU 63-68 SA
- Missed FT
Tony Parker missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:18 · HOU 65-68 SA
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 15 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
