⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 30- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q4 3:18 · HOU 83-65 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
