⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their nineteen- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 5
- Lost the glass, 33 rebounds to 53
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 2:28 · GS 25-15 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 0:43 · GS 80-78 HOU
- Winner
Baron Davis hit a 29-foot three jumper
Q4 0:01 · GS 109-107 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Monta Ellis traveling
Q4 4:15 · GS 97-97 HOU
- Missed FT
Matt Barnes misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:54 · GS 97-97 HOU
- Turnover
Monta Ellis lost ball
Q4 2:06 · GS 101-103 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 1:07 · GS 25-24 HOU
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 4 down to 11 up
Q2 0:23 · GS 52-63 HOU
- Lead
Shane Battier hit a 24-foot three jumper, Rafer Alston with the assist
Q4 2:31 · GS 100-103 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Bonzi Wells technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 0:43 · GS 71-78 HOU
- Turnover
Yao Ming traveling
Q4 0:58 · GS 101-105 HOU
📊The numbers
| GS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
