⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Duncan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:18 · SA 59-71 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 7:11 · SA 10-20 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 6:48 · SA 30-46 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
