⏱️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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 24-4 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 1:29 · HOU 87-70 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q2 5:20 · HOU 50-40 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ime Udoka misses technical free throw
Q4 0:48 · HOU 103-84 SA
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
