⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 35
- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 38
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 22-11 off them
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 from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:44 · HOU 12-2 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 1:59 · HOU 61-49 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q4 2:56 · HOU 117-89 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
