⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 22
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 0:54 · HOU 29-20 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 5:54 · HOU 42-40 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Andris Biedrins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:05 · HOU 40-32 GS
📊The numbers
| HOU | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
