⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 52- Beaten inside, 48 points in the paint to 66
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Turnover
Q4 1:40 · GS 126-118 HOU
- Turnover
Stephen Curry bad pass
Q4 0:59 · GS 126-120 HOU
- Missed FT
Monta Ellis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · GS 129-124 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luis Scola misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:40 · GS 124-116 HOU
- Missed FT
Luis Scola misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:40 · GS 124-116 HOU
- Turnover
Aaron Brooks turnover
Q4 0:53 · GS 126-120 HOU
📊The numbers
| GS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 42 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
