⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 41 from three- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 20-8 off them
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:04 · SA 14-6 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 8:21 · SA 67-56 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Patty Mills bad pass
Q4 3:14 · SA 86-85 HOU
- Missed FT
DeMar DeRozan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:23 · SA 92-85 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 6:41 · SA 39-40 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 17 | Assists | 11 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
