⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of nineteen from three- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 23-12 off them
- Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 43
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 10:18 · HOU 62-67 SA
- Ties it
Yao Ming made Dunk. Assisted by Steve Francis.
Q4 2:00 · HOU 78-78 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Clarence Weatherspoon missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 0:27 · HOU 82-84 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 3:05 · HOU 16-24 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tony Parker Traveling
Q4 2:29 · HOU 76-78 SA
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:15 · HOU 82-85 SA
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 15 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
