⏱️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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their twelve
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to four
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 9:22 · SA 64-60 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q4 6:35 · SA 76-62 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 6:50 · SA 33-29 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
