⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Won the glass, 36 rebounds to 14
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 2:10 · HOU 47-32 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Tracy McGrady technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:12 · HOU 64-55 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 2:41 · HOU 18-19 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili misses technical free throw
Q3 0:12 · HOU 64-55 SA
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 91 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
