⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS 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 Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 22 from three- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 22
- Gave up second chances, 23 offensive rebounds 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.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q4 6:50 · GS 98-109 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Jackson double technical foul
Q3 6:50 · GS 56-73 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q2 8:23 · GS 35-46 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 8:51 · GS 56-76 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
