⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 27-9 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the first 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q1 9:04 · HOU 5-18 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q4 9:36 · HOU 62-91 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
