⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their nineteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 6:41 · HOU 88-73 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
