⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 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 twelve threes to their three- They went cold, three of fourteen from three
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
- Ties it
Luther Head hit a 25-foot three jumper, David Wesley with the assist
Q4 2:25 · HOU 83-83 SA
- Steal
Chuck Hayes stole it from Fabricio Oberto
Q4 0:09 · HOU 87-88 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luther Head lost ball
Q4 3:00 · HOU 80-81 SA
- Turnover
Rafer Alston bad pass
Q4 1:53 · HOU 83-83 SA
- Turnover
Rafer Alston bad pass
Q4 1:37 · HOU 83-85 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 0:13 · HOU 36-46 SA
- Steal
Melvin Sanders stole it from Rafer Alston
Q4 1:53 · HOU 83-83 SA
- Winner
Melvin Sanders hit a layup
Q4 1:49 · HOU 83-85 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Beno Udrih traveling
Q4 0:18 · HOU 85-88 SA
- Turnover
Fabricio Oberto bad pass
Q4 0:09 · HOU 87-88 SA
- Missed FT
Beno Udrih misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:04 · HOU 87-88 SA
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 12 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
