⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the first quarter- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 1:43 · SA 88-86 HOU
- Steal
Danny Green stole it from James Harden
Q4 2:45 · SA 95-98 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q1 3:57 · SA 20-31 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 5:50 · SA 74-85 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Harden lost ball turnover
Q4 2:45 · SA 95-98 HOU
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:27 · SA 97-101 HOU
- Turnover
James Harden turnover
Q4 0:05 · SA 99-101 HOU
📊The numbers
| SA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
