⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen- A 16-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 23 in the second quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 11
Q3 9:52 · HOU 45-56 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 7:18 · HOU 10-17 GS
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 23
Q2 3:39 · HOU 31-54 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 7:50 · HOU 69-87 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 27 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
