⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 8 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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their four- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 29-7 off them
- A 18-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 32 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 32
Q4 10:47 · HOU 97-65 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 11:34 · HOU 1-8 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 16 | Threes made | 4 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
