⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
-15Q125-40
+4Q226-20
+1Q324-23
-8Q423-28
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
Key battles
25%Three-point accuracy50%
5Threes made12
19Free throws made9
6Steals3
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q1 7:41 · SA 9-27 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 28 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 9 | Blocks | 9 |
