⏱️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, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 24-14 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q1 0:01 · GS 44-28 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andrew Bogut misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:25 · GS 96-89 HOU
- Missed FT
Draymond Green misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:20 · GS 98-92 HOU
- Turnover
8 second turnover
Q4 0:40 · GS 99-96 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 1:15 · GS 55-58 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:07 · GS 91-85 HOU
- Turnover
Trevor Ariza bad pass
Q4 3:11 · GS 92-86 HOU
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:19 · GS 96-89 HOU
📊The numbers
| GS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
