⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
+9Q117-11
-12Q216-28
+1Q320-21
-10Q424-32
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made six threes to their no- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
Key battles
0%Three-point accuracy38%
0Threes made6
12Fast break points2
8Points off turnovers14
🏀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
Q3 2:31 · HOU 53-58 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 7:28 · HOU 22-27 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 0 | Threes made | 6 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
