⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second 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
Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 39- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
- A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 31 free throws to their 44
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 8:33 · GS 10-9 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 8 down to 5 up
Q1 1:08 · GS 27-22 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Andrew Bogut and Dwight Howard
Q2 3:19 · GS 41-36 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
