⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run took them from 10 down to 6 up in the third quarter
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:15 · HOU 14-6 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:49 · HOU 29-21 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q4 5:54 · HOU 86-82 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:47 · HOU 83-82 GS
- Missed FT
David Wesley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:00 · HOU 91-88 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 4:46 · HOU 18-16 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 9:56 · HOU 57-55 GS
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 10 down to 6 up
Q3 0:02 · HOU 76-82 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
