⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better 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, 49 rebounds to 37- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 38
- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their seventeen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 10:08 · GS 66-62 HOU
- Ties it
Anthony Morrow hit a 16-foot two point shot
Q4 1:47 · GS 105-105 HOU
- Ties it
Anthony Morrow hit a two point shot
Q4 0:13 · GS 109-109 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Corey Maggette traveling
Q4 4:24 · GS 103-97 HOU
- Turnover
Monta Ellis lost ball
Q4 0:42 · GS 107-109 HOU
- Turnover
Monta Ellis traveling
Q4 0:01 · GS 109-111 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q1 4:22 · GS 19-24 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q4 6:07 · GS 103-105 HOU
- Lead
Kyle Lowry hit a driving layup, Aaron Brooks with the assist
Q4 0:55 · GS 107-109 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry lost ball
Q4 4:39 · GS 103-97 HOU
📊The numbers
| GS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 28 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 13 |
