⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. 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 better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 7:15 · SA 17-14 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 6:58 · SA 111-92 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Lowry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:32 · SA 39-33 HOU
📊The numbers
| SA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
