⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 13 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
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 33-14 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 20 in the third quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 5:48 · GS 20-6 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q2 4:01 · GS 56-30 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 29
Q4 7:54 · GS 99-70 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Stephen Curry and Patrick Beverley
Q1 6:31 · GS 11-4 HOU
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 5:43 · GS 97-68 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 20
Q3 9:37 · GS 69-49 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 16 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
