⏱️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
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 27- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 30
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 21-10 off them
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 14-point deficit to 5
Q3 2:56 · GS 75-80 HOU
- Steal
Ronny Turiaf stole it from Aaron Brooks
Q4 0:43 · GS 101-107 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Von Wafer misses technical free throw
Q1 1:52 · GS 19-20 HOU
- Turnover
Ron Artest offensive foul (Kelenna Azubuike draws the foul)
Q4 3:15 · GS 96-102 HOU
- Turnover
Aaron Brooks bad pass
Q4 0:43 · GS 101-107 HOU
📊The numbers
| GS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
