⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 12 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, 12 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 25-13 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 11
- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the first quarter
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 53
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:26 · GS 8-0 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q1 4:09 · GS 35-16 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 8:56 · GS 69-45 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Draymond Green and Dwight Howard
Q2 2:33 · GS 52-37 HOU
- Missed FT
Klay Thompson misses technical free throw
Q2 0:59 · GS 59-37 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 26
Q3 1:15 · GS 89-63 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 0:59 · GS 59-37 HOU
📊The numbers
| GS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 30 | Assists | 17 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
