⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 12- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:40 · SA 14-4 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 10:03 · SA 42-33 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili turnover
Q4 0:14 · SA 109-114 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q3 1:34 · SA 77-91 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry bad pass
Q4 4:33 · SA 95-103 HOU
- Missed FT
Aaron Brooks misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:18 · SA 109-113 HOU
📊The numbers
| SA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
